Today is All Saints Day, a religious holiday in Western Christianity that
comes the day after Halloween. The word
“saint” means different things to different people, ranging from exemplary and
officially canonized catholics who have died, to a football team in New
Orleans.
Frederick Buechner wrote, “In his holy flirtation with the world, God
occasionally drops a handkerchief. These
handkerchiefs are called saints.”
(Wishful Thinking: A Theological
ABC) One definition given in the
dictionary for a saint is “a
person who is admired or venerated because of their virtue.”
Which leads me back
to the question: Who have been the
saints in your life? Who has been this
kind of “holy handkerchief?” Even though they may have
died, is there a person you still draw strength and wisdom from because of the
way they lived their life?
Today is a good day
to give thanks for those people.
(And, bonus...not sure if you've got this in your head right now, but here's the hymn: For All the Saints)
(And, bonus...not sure if you've got this in your head right now, but here's the hymn: For All the Saints)
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