As we celebrate with great joy and festivity the Solemnity of All Saints and hear the Beatitudes read to us, we might pause to reflect on the great GIFT of having the example of so many "recognized" (canonized) people whose holy lives from all spheres of life serve as models for us. These have lived the Beatitudes and show is that certainly with God, all things are possible. They struggled as did St. Marcellin, with personal limitations and opposition from others. St. Therese of Lisieux lived a secluded life as a cloistered Carmelite Nun, suffering greatly with tuberculosis in the final months of her short life, and even in the darkness of those days, was able to turn herself over completely to God.
It might be helpful today to review the lives of our favorite saints and ask them for the grace to understand and follow the command of God: "Be holy, for I, the Lord, your God, am holy." (Lv 19:2)
Bro Rene
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