Nov 01 2009
Becoming a Saint
Yes, becoming a saint is the goal for many of us (And for the ones that it is not their goal it should be). I bring this up because, according to both the old and new liturgical calendars, today is the Solemnity of All Saints, also known as All Saint’s Day honors of all saints, known and unknown.
No matter which calendar you celebrate, the Gospel Reading today was the same (a rarity theses day) and one of my favorite sections of the Bible, the Beatitudes (Mt 5: 1-12).
The Beatitudes begins Our Lord’s “Sermon on the Mount” (Matthew Chapters 5 – 7) which is our blueprint to sainthood. In these chapters, Jesus instructs the multitudes on how one should live their lives in accordance with God. These are the basic tenets on how everyone should live.
Of course, these days they seem to be merely suggestions and not rules. It also seems to be the same way with the Ten Commandments. Now it seems that they are the “Ten Suggestions”. Guess what, in either case, they are not.
We must return to the teachings of Our Lord if we are to have even a sliver of a chance to save society from it impending implosion due to the rampant immorality that has infected today’s society. My “suggestion”, since I have absolutely no authority over anyone, is to go back, read, re-read, and continue to re-read these chapters and start living them. Only then will we have a chance to save society and, for us, to become saints.
