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Reflection from our Co-Pastors
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Give Thanks to the Divine and One Another
Today we celebrate All Saints Day. The communion of Saints are all the faithful who have gone before us who now rest in God, and all the living who walk in faith. In the New Testament, all those who believed and were baptized were referred to as saints. So on the Solemnity of All Saints we can celebrate all of us.
Saint Teresa of Calcutta once said, “Holiness is not the luxury of a few people, but a simple duty for you and me. We are called to become saints by allowing God to live God's life in us.”
More than 10,000 people like us have been canonized in our Catholic tradition. Some of them, such as Saint Mary of Magdala our patron saint, will be in our prayers on this special day. In addition, many are in the hands of God who are known to us as saintly people: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Dorothy Day, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Thea Bowman, Nelson Mandela, and perhaps some of your own relatives and friends.
Who are the saints still among us? They're the ones who stand tall in times of crisis, who reach out to others in time of need. They are the women and men of principle, generosity, patience, and kindness. They're the ones who are forgiving and understanding. They're the ones who form us in goodness, as they make visible the love of God. We all know these folks in our lives and we celebrate them on this feast day together with the saints named publicly by the Church.
On this feast of the Solemnity of All Saints, let us give thanks and praise to God for the cloud of witnesses who gather to worship God and to love one another at our own community of Mary of Magdala. And let us continue to nurture, challenge, and help each other to grow in Christ.
Amen
Notre Dame, Paris - Photo by Daniele D'Andreti on Unsplash
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