What I have now come to understand about what made them different, was that they were people who had come to know what it was like to live the Beatitudes of today's Gospel. Maybe I was expecting holiness to radiate from them or that some faint halo might have indicated that they were elevated above the rest of humanity, but NO, they were clearly just flesh and bones, stooped and a little confused about all the fuss that was going on around them. Had they not been surrounded by crowds of adoring people they could have been simple old people that we pass in the street every day. While it was a feeling of great honour and joy, I can remember thinking how much they looked like ordinary people. The man was Saint John Paul II and the woman Saint Theresa of Calcutta. In a case of being in the right place at the right time, I have been privileged to shake the hand of one man and have a brief conversation with a woman, both of whom have been declared saints by the Church. Honoured today are all holy men and women in glory with Christ: known or unknown, mighty or lowly, all whose lives were modelled on the Beatitudes and on the great commandment of love. Celebrated on this day in the eighth century and soon widely observed. * Prologue: This feast began in the East to commemorate all martyrs and was progressively adopted in the West. Please listen to the audio-recordings of the Mass – (Readings, prayers and homily), for All Saints - First November, 2020 by clicking this link here: Ceiling in the Church of All Saints with fresco paintings of all saints. Image Credit: Shutterstock Licensed ID: 149568645.
Gospel Acclamation: Matthew 11:28 Come to me all you that labour and are burdened, and I will give you rest, says the Lord. Psalm: Ps 23:1-6 "Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face."
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