When the Saints Go Marching In! The Way of the Day

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. The Sign of the Cross In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen

On this week, we celebrate the feast of All Saints, where we remember all those who are now in heaven with God.

A reading from the Gospel of St Matthew “Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect” - Matthew 5:48

By definition, a saint is anyone that is in heaven with God. What is a saint? By definition, a saint is anyone that is in heaven with God. So if you don’t want to be a saint, you don’t want to go to heaven. But how do you become a saint? By being holy.

Jesus has called all of us to be saints – that is, to be holy. He said, “be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect. We think of saintly people as being great martyrs, hardcore pray-ers or really old people. We think of them as being perfect and we have a hard time connecting with them because we don’t think they are like us.

We don’t realise that there are saints who lived normal lives, like St We don’t realise that there are saints who lived normal lives, like St. Dominic Savio who died when he was 15 or St. Augustine liked to party and chase girls until he had a conversion. Spend a moment of quiet to think about what does ‘ being a saint’ or ‘being holy’ mean to you’.

We ask Mary, the most famous of all the saints, to pray for us: Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of death. Amen.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. The Sign of the Cross In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen