All Saints Day

Photos displayed during a past All Saints Day Liturgy.

I read in the newspaper this week that in the United States we spend $7 billion on Halloween. In stark contrast to that figure will be what is spent on today's feast day — All Saints.

Next to nothing will be spent celebrating all those persons who lived saintly lives — parents, grandparents, neighbors, co-workers — we all have examples in our own lives.

No, sainthood is not measured in dollars, although it can certainly "cost" to be a saint.

Sainthood is about kindness, patience, loving others ... day in and day out.


 Photo: During a past Liturgy on All Saints Day the Sisters of Providence fill window sills of the Church of the Immaculate Conception at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods with photos of people who they feel have led saintly lives.