Saints

“For me not only a few great saints whom I love and whom I know well are “signposts”, but precisely also the simple saints, that is, the good people I see in my life who will never be canonized. They are ordinary people, so to speak, without visible heroism but in their everyday goodness I see the truth of faith. This goodness, which they have developed in the faith of the Church, is for me the most reliable apology of Christianity and the sign of where the truth lies.”
— Pope Benedict XVI on the goodness of ordinary people

My mother has always pointed out the connections between saints who lived in the same area, at the same time. Such as St. Turibus who confirmed St. Rose of Lima in the faith. St Rose was also influenced by St. Martin of Porres saintly acts. Or Don Bosco and Dominic Savio. Clare and Francis of Assisi. And I've often wondered if those holy men and women knew that their friends, family members, or acquaintances were saints. Were they aware of how greatly that person was connected to God?
Sometimes I really think some of my friends are well on their way to becoming saints. Their love of God shines so brightly through them, that I fall in love with Him again. Their conversations center on Christ. I'm blessed to know these people, blessed to have them in my life. I try to be like them, I want to closeness to God that they have and I glimpse when talking to them.

And I met these people through one place: the apostolate for family consecration. This place is so wonderful, truly like a meeting of heaven and earth. I'm thank God for the blessing this organization has been in my faith life, especially in allowing me to meet these friends.

Pax Christi!