Patroness of Failures

Did you know there is a "patroness of failures".  There is:  St. Bridget of Sweden.  For most of us this is likely the best news of the day so far.  I'm surprised this has not been publicized all over the world.  If not in fact, most of us see ourselves as "failures".  We start things and don't finish them; we plan, we try, we hope, we work, we wait, and it seems that little is actually accomplished.
A brief look at her life reveals that we are not alone; she experienced a similar pattern.  Born in the early 14th century,  she lost her mother and two sisters at the age of 10.  Married at 13, she brought 8 children into the world, one of them, St. Catherine of Sweden.  When her husband died, she received a vision to start a new religious order.  She laid the foundation for it in a double monastery, one for men, one for women.  Before that was done, another vision called her to Rome to plead with the Pope to return from Avignon.  That did not happen.  Bridget died before her monasteries was built, but  Catherine finished the job. The Pope returned to Rome after Bridget's death. With these major tasks incomplete during her lifetime, she entered eternal rest and left us with the example of the sowing of the seed, rather than the harvest, as the important thing. We all like to see things brought to full completion and "closure", the catchword of our day.  But no, it seems God is not as interested in closure as much as we.  He wants fidelity, trust, hope, love.  The rest is in his hands....or someone else's who might finish what we began.  In God's eyes, our "failures" are not failures, but only part of his larger plan.
Bro. Rene