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November 01, 2008
> 11:26 AM
all saints > merton Well, happy feast of All Saints. Congratulations! Old blog readers here will have seen my write this before on All Saints Day. You'll get what I mean shortly. Here's the deal - we have a lot of friends in the Heavenly arena. Some we know only by reputation, some we have known personally in this life. Most of them aren't canonized "Saints" - that's fine, you don't have to be. Of course, there have been heroically holy people a'many who have passed over into the fullness of eternity with God whom we have no knowledge of whatsoever - probably several to whom the likes of St. Francis would tip his proverbial holy hat. Being a Saint is not about being canonized, it's about being wrapped up in the Life of God, about being transformed into the Image of Christ. The Church sometimes officially recognizes this reality in some of its members, but that has never meant that only those people are "in Heaven" and can be venerated or petitioned for their intercession. There's probably some overlap with tomorrow, All Souls Day, which is about all those who have died and gone before us, whether or not they have been officially recognized as "Saints."  And of course, we are Saints. Maybe we're just saints. I'd think if we are inhabited by the Life Essence of God, the same thing that has made the recognized Saints who and what they are, maybe we should capitalize our Saints too. Anyway, that's really neither here nor there. I have a treat for you today - no, not leftover candy...I've skimmed a few brief minutes from a recording of Thomas Merton teaching a conference to the younger monks at Gethsemani that I have. This particular tape (or CD, however you buy it) is called Sanctity. One side includes this talk from Gethsemani in the late 60's, about All Saints. The other side was recorded in Bangkok probably a week before he died. You can buy them at the Gethsemani book and gift store or from Credence Communications, who distributes them. > This is a great little section about All Saints, about us being Saints, Grace, etc. And there's a lot more laughing in here than you'd think from that picture over there (I wonder if he laughed when they had him stare out the window - funny). Happy All Saints from me and Big Tom. technorati tags > all saints, thomas merton Labels: catholic, church, merton, saints 0 Comments:| permalink | e-mail me | 
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