{"id":800951,"date":"2019-11-02T11:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T17:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=373924"},"modified":"2019-11-02T11:00:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T17:00:43","slug":"walking-our-faith-we-might-be-saints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/walking-our-faith-we-might-be-saints\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking our Faith: We might be saints"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson<\/strong>
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On Wednesday
\nmorning, I sat in the little church of Saint John\u2019s joining the men as I do
\neach Wednesday morning for Communion. The blue-grey light was that peculiar
\ngloaming that we associate with early twilight in winter, but which can also be
\nfound on winter mornings of a waning snowstorm.<\/p>\n

The light reflected
\nthe mood as Charlie Brumbaugh, Rector of the Episcopal Church of Saint John the
\nBaptist, read the gospel for All Saints\u2019 Day, which is observed Nov. 1.<\/p>\n

All Saints\u2019 Day was
\noriginally established as a commemoration of church saints and martyrs. Over
\ntime, it evolved to include remembrances of loved ones who have passed and
\nincludes reading the names of those who have died in the past year.<\/p>\n

As Charlie explained
\nWednesday morning, although we think of this day in terms of souls who have passed,
\nGod sees souls who have gone before, who live now and who are yet to be born, existing
\nin an eternal present.<\/p>\n

We see time as a horizontal
\nline, which moves us farther away from our departed loved ones. If we could see
\nwith the eyes of God, we would realize our loved ones surround us as a cloud of
\nwitnesses, the curtain between this life and the next, diaphanous.<\/p>\n

The gospel reading
\nfor All Saints\u2019 Day is familiar, known as Beatitudes, it is offered as  consolation for those who suffer. It occurred
\nto me it also describes the attributes of Christ.<\/p>\n

When God became man,
\nhis life embodied each of the Beatitudes and, by example, showed us how to live
\na good life: Blessed are the poor in spirit, who mourn, the meek, who hunger
\nand thirst for righteousness, the merciful, the clean of heart, the
\npeacemakers, who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness for theirs is the
\nKingdom of heaven.<\/p>\n

Saint Therese of Lisieux
\nlived only to the age of 24 but decided early her one goal in life was to
\nbecome a saint. She knew she was not a miracle worker nor an intellect nor
\na leader. But she had great insight. \u201cOur Lord has created great saints who are
\nthe roses and the lilies of his kingdom, but has also created lesser ones,
\nsimple daisies and violets growing at his feet. His love is as manifest in the
\nsmall as in the great.\u201d (\u201cThe Story of
\na Soul,\u201d the autobiography of Saint Therese of Lisieux)<\/p>\n

After much prayer, Terese
\ndecided that to become a saint was to become like Christ. And since Christ was
\nlove, to become a saint was to become one who loved like Christ. \u201c\u2026 should love
\never fail, apostles would no longer preach the gospel, and martyrs would no
\nlonger shed their blood \u2026 love includes every vocation, love is all things \u2026 I
\nhave found my vocation at last \u2014 my vocation is love!\u201d (\u201cThe Story of a Soul\u201d)<\/p>\n

With this
\ndefinition in mind, I recall the saints in my own life: My father who passed
\naway over 30 years ago, and my mother who, at the age of 92, intends to live to
\nbe at least 102. Who are the saints in your life?<\/p>\n

The original title
\nof this essay was \u201cWe are all saints,\u201d a clever play on All Saints\u2019 Day. I
\nchanged it to \u201cWe might be saints\u201d because as Saint Therese understood, the
\nchoice is ours.<\/p>\n

In the loving eyes of God, we are saints, our original sin does not define us. He only asks that we return to him with an open heart and the desire to accept God\u2019s love for us and share that love with others, no matter who they are or what they believe or what they have done, to see in everyone Christ looking back at us asking, \u201cDo you love me?\u201d<\/p>\n

Suzanne Elizabeth Anderson\u2019s column \u201cWalking our Faith\u201d publishes Saturdays in the Summit Daily News. Anderson is the author of 10 novels and nonfiction books on faith. She has lived in Breckenridge since 2016. Contact her at suzanne@suzanneelizabeths.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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