All Saints

 

Saints are ordinary people

Just like you and me.

They come from families just like you and me.

They grew up just like we did,

And faced similar struggles.

Some came from broken families,

Like St. Francis

whose father locked him in a prison cell to keep him from following Jesus.

Others experienced painful physical suffering,

Like St. Theresa of the flower who died from Tuberculosis.

Some we poor like St. Bernadette whose entire family lived in one single room.

and others were rich

Like St. Louis who was the king of France.

Some were very intelligent like

St. Thomas Aquinas

And others were just simple fishermen.

And God took these ordinary people and did great things through them.

All they did was say “yes”

Yes I will follow you!

Yes I will do what you ask!

And God did the rest.

God made them holy.

God gave them the gifts they needed.

We are never too old or too young;

Never to weak and never too poor.

To be a saint.

All we have to do is say “yes”

I will do whatever you ask.

And God will do the rest.