Today, November the first is the feast of All Saints.
Saints, as you may know, are those people who, after they died, ended up in Heaven. They were not born saints. They became saints by their way of life, and by the way they followed Jesus, and kept the 10 Commandments.
Some of the saints were great sinners at stages of their life. Check out St. Augustin. But they repented of their sins, found the true road, and kept to it.
Today we recall not just the great saints....Andrew, Peter, Mary, Bernadette....but also the saints known only to a few.
I used to tell the children in school..."If you have a relative, a friend, a brother, sister, mum, dad; someone you once knew who has died. Well, if they are in Heaven, they are a saint too. How wonderful to think that someone who mattered to you might already be in Heaven, amongst the throng of saints surrounding God. Someone you talked to, ate with, sat and talked with. Somoen who loved you as you love them.
Tomorrow is the feast of the Holy Souls. I will explain that tomorrow.
John and Gerry, plus friend Houston, make up the band The Martians.
They used to have a website, but recently I discovered that it was no more.
But via Geoff, I now have the new site.
So if you want to keep up with them, you will find a link at the bottom of this blog.
Phots are of Dumbarton Castle and the Clyde and Old Kilpatrick taken from the Erskine Bridge.
http://www.themartians.co.uk/
Saints, as you may know, are those people who, after they died, ended up in Heaven. They were not born saints. They became saints by their way of life, and by the way they followed Jesus, and kept the 10 Commandments.
Some of the saints were great sinners at stages of their life. Check out St. Augustin. But they repented of their sins, found the true road, and kept to it.
Today we recall not just the great saints....Andrew, Peter, Mary, Bernadette....but also the saints known only to a few.
I used to tell the children in school..."If you have a relative, a friend, a brother, sister, mum, dad; someone you once knew who has died. Well, if they are in Heaven, they are a saint too. How wonderful to think that someone who mattered to you might already be in Heaven, amongst the throng of saints surrounding God. Someone you talked to, ate with, sat and talked with. Somoen who loved you as you love them.
Tomorrow is the feast of the Holy Souls. I will explain that tomorrow.
John and Gerry, plus friend Houston, make up the band The Martians.
They used to have a website, but recently I discovered that it was no more.
But via Geoff, I now have the new site.
So if you want to keep up with them, you will find a link at the bottom of this blog.
Phots are of Dumbarton Castle and the Clyde and Old Kilpatrick taken from the Erskine Bridge.
http://www.themartians.co.uk/
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