All Saints Day and John Henry Newman

<![CDATA[Tomorrow is the feast of all saints. These are the holy people in our lives who didn’t make headlines but quietly made their way to heaven. They did their work, raised their families, prayed, and put the love of God into everything they did. When St. Paul spoke of “a great cloud of witnesses,” he wasn’t talking about a crime scene but the communion of saints. For no one goes to heaven alone. When the Bible says, “Be ye perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect,” it doesn’t mean you don’t sin greatly or don’t sin at all. It means you strive to conform to God’s grace and seek his mercy.]]>