My dear brothers,
After last Sunday of Pentecost comes today the feast of All Saints. It is its natural consequence.
On Pentecost the Holy Spirit is given to the Church and the following Sunday we celebrate the result of this, which is sanctity as manifested in the lives of many people who acquire it.
Holiness means that the energy of God enters into us. It is an experiential reality and not a psychological state, something I consider myself to possess.
The Saint, through the action of the Holy Spirit, is united to Christ and through Him to His Father. Therefore, holiness is an experience of communion of the particular person, the Saint, with the whole Holy Trinity.
Let us not forget that the first Saints are the Disciples, the Apostles of Christ, whose memory we celebrate today. How many deeds they did not do!
Why do we have the Saints and why does our world need them?
First, to get rid of the illusion that man can find solace in human achievements.
Second, to refute the devil’s preaching that men have become corrupt. The devil is more afraid of a saint. Such is the power of holiness!
And thirdly for our need to have recourse to the Saints and their miraculous power. The Saints always stand beside us. We need them!
Unfortunately, we humans most often follow the edge. And in relation to holiness, we say: “Saints once were, now they are not.” This is one extreme. And the other is when we believe that by our own efforts we will become saints.
You become a saint by the grace of God. When we trust in Christ. When we approach God in true humility and ask Him in our prayer to make holiness known to us.
Holiness is not acquired by magic. It takes humility, practice, fasting, prayer, confession.
The proof of holiness is that, through Holy Communion, the Body of Christ becomes our body too.
My dear brothers,
the Saints are considered by many to be simple and insignificant. Our world, however, exists for saints to emerge. If we remove the Saints, then there is no Church. The whole work of God is non-existent.
Our salvation consists in the acquisition of holiness, according to the Lord’s command: “Be ye holy, for I also am holy.” Amen.
