But this mindset is wrong. Anyone in any profession can obtain saintliness. No man need be the sport or slave of circumstances, if God go with him. 4 Sainthood is not excluded by our station in life because sainthood deals with the act of existence, with our substance , whereas our station is merely an accident of existence. An accident is an essence, a characteristic, that helps define a thing.
Existence is distinct from accidents.
A thing continues to exist, regard less of whether it's white or black, smart or ignorant, a teacher or an accountant. Our station in life is a mere accident, an increment or accretion to our substance, and therefore distinct from our existence. Being a saint is a question of existence, not of accidents, because being a saint simply means to be good. The saint does nothing extraordinary, in the ontological sense. God created each of us wholly good, but, due to original sin and free will, we tend to deny our being as created by God in favor of base passions and worldly ambitions.