Homily for All Saints Day

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All Saints Day:

a day to remember all those faithful men and women

who don't have their own day on the church calendar

but who are with God in heaven...

Who are the saints? 

Put very simply:

saints are people who pay attention: 

who pay attention to the presence of God in their hearts 

and to God's presence in the lives of others

at home, at school, at work, in the neighborhood,

and all around the world 

especially in the lives of the poor and vulnerable...

Saints are people who pay attention to being honest and faithful, 

fair and just, loyal and trustworthy, pure and compassionate... 

Saints are people who pay attention to their own weaknesses, 

who ask for God’s mercy, who make amends for their sins 

and who forgive others...   

Saints are people who pay attention to the consequences

of their habits, their choices and decisions,

their spending and their politics...

Saints are people who pay attention to the wisdom of the ages, 

to the word of scripture and to the teachings of the Church…

Saints are people who pay attention to the needs of others

before taking care of their own... 

Saint are people who know the difference

between paying attention and not paying attention... 

Saints are people who pay attention even when no one else does... 

Help us pay attention, Lord: 

that we, all of us, might be saints…

  

     
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