St. Joseph 

Catholic Church

FAITH BOOK
FEAST OF ALL SAINTS
Rev. 7: 2-4, 9-14; Psalm 24; I John 3:1-3; Matthew 5:1-12
By: Jude Siciliano, OP

Mini-reflections on the Sunday scripture readings designed for persons on the run. “Faith Book” is also brief enough to be posted in the Sunday parish bulletins people take home.

From today’s reading from Revelation:

After this I had a vision of a great multitude,
Which no one could count, from every nation, race, people and tongue.
They stood before the throne and before the Lamb,
Wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.

Reflection:

A religion teacher asked her second-grade class, “What’s a saint?” A little girl, probably remembering the stained-glass images in her parish church, responded, “Saints are the people the light shines through.”

So, we ask ourselves:

• Who are my favorite saints and how do they shine the light of Jesus into my life?
• How does my life illumine the dark for others?