Being a saint is easy... (reflection for All Saints Day)
Every 1st day of November, we celebrate the Solemnity of All Saints. Here in the Philippines people often visit their departed ones on November 1 instead of November 2, which is actually the real day for all souls. Many people pray to their favorite and patron/s every November 1, they ask for intercession and guidance.
Many define a saint as a person who dies in the name of God or dies by saving someone else. For some people, saints are the people who were persecuted, martyred, and died in a bloody and violent way. Many saints ended their lives in that manner, and I believe most of them are. This is my definition of a saint, “a person for people”. One doesn’t need to die violently to be a saint, to be a saint means to serve, and following the footsteps of Christ.
The lives of saints show us that it is not easy to follow Christ. In fact, saints and God’s chosen prophets all ended up in the same fate. They have been rejected and discriminated, and most of them were even persecuted for following Jesus. Saints shows us that in following Jesus, all of us must suffer and that in suffering, we will find the love that He has given us.
It is easy to become a saint, people hearing this may come to a conclusion that I’m being sarcastic. But must I repeat it is easy to become a saint. Before I thought that in journeying towards sainthood, you will meet obstacles that can affect your journey. But as I arrive to this point, I became immune by these obstacles.
As long as you have God in you, obstacles are nothing but small cracks on the ground.
Many define a saint as a person who dies in the name of God or dies by saving someone else. For some people, saints are the people who were persecuted, martyred, and died in a bloody and violent way. Many saints ended their lives in that manner, and I believe most of them are. This is my definition of a saint, “a person for people”. One doesn’t need to die violently to be a saint, to be a saint means to serve, and following the footsteps of Christ.
The lives of saints show us that it is not easy to follow Christ. In fact, saints and God’s chosen prophets all ended up in the same fate. They have been rejected and discriminated, and most of them were even persecuted for following Jesus. Saints shows us that in following Jesus, all of us must suffer and that in suffering, we will find the love that He has given us.
It is easy to become a saint, people hearing this may come to a conclusion that I’m being sarcastic. But must I repeat it is easy to become a saint. Before I thought that in journeying towards sainthood, you will meet obstacles that can affect your journey. But as I arrive to this point, I became immune by these obstacles.
As long as you have God in you, obstacles are nothing but small cracks on the ground.
posted by Diego at 6:04 PM
1 Comments:
Wonderful Blog!
By the way, St. Dominic Savio is my favourite saint, too!
You are in my prayers. I pray and hope you do well at school.
Yours in Christ,
Inocent.
Post a Comment
<< Home