On this day All Saints' Day we commemorate the departed who have attained the beatific vision. It is a day when we celebrate ALL of the faithful who are in Heaven.
Saints are ordinary people who have given their hearts to Jesus. They were sinners but they were made a choice to be loyal to God and today they enjoy the rewards in heaven.
On the All Saints' Day, this is precisely what we believe as Christians: there is an eternal city, a paradise of God, an eternity of rest and being with the Lord and in the communion of saints.
"Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you falsely because of me."
This Beatitude that our Lord speaks describe the life of saints in this world. In this life, the path of sainthood – that is, of being a Christian – is one of hardship and sorrow.
Today we see there is a lack of respect for Christianity and the hated of Christianity. We face our own kind of martyrdom. If we practice love and mercy, we will be mocked.
In this life, we hold forth Christ as the One who calls us saints and who goes with us as we walk by faith. Then, in the life to come, we shall live forever in a paradise without fear, darkness, shame, sin, death, pain, suffering or tears. This is the hope and future of all who are called saints in Christ and to be the heroic witness for Christ.
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