*When the Saints are matching in*
This annual All Saints Feast brings together countless faces that bear the image and likeness of God .
A face of transfigured humanity. They were not perfect, not at first, not totally, not above all effortless. They had weaknesses and flaws that they'd struggled with all their lives.
The closer they came to the light of God, the more they saw and recognized the shadows of his existence.
Daily pilgrims, most of them did not perform heroic deeds or perform wonders. It is true that some have to their account spectacular achievements, on the humanitarian plane, on the spiritual plane, or even in the history of the Church. But many others, the majority, are the saints of simplicity and daily life! The everyday people doing thier ordinary things in extra ordinary way.
Like Jesus, the saints often had to live contrary to the received ideas and behaviors of their time. Living the Beatitudes: being poor at heart in a world that glorifies power and having it; to be sweet in a hard and violent world; to have a pure heart in the face of corruption; make peace when others declare war; to be gentle when others talk tough and act tough; to seek for righteousness when others seek for power and firm...
The saints were people "on the march" (according to a Hebrew translation of "blessed"), that is, active people, passionate about the Gospel.
The saints were courageous men and women, capable of reacting and affirming everything cost what made them live. They show us the way to truth and freedom.
Prayer: Oh God, Bless the many parted souls
who lived their lives with grace.
Bless the saints in heaven,
gathered in that special place.
May we tell their stories
and remember all the ways
they lived their faith
and spent their days.
Oh, blessed saints, helpp
help us to see
a path that’s to eternal life. Amen🙏🏾
Happy feast of all Saints!
Happy New Month!
Pax-Christi 🙏🏾 Fr Ralph James OSJ
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