All Saints Day is one of my favorite liturgical days in the life of the Church. A day when we celebrate those who have went to their enteral home over the past year who have made an impact in our faith lives.
I still remember my first All Saints Sunday as a pastor. I was struggling. One of my seminary classmates had recently lost her battle with cancer. I was struggling because, while she was someone who had a tendency to rub me the wrong way, I wanted to honor her and how she impacted my faith journey, even when we disagreed. I wanted to wholly honor her, and other Saints in our lives - not pretending that people have to be perfect in order to impact our lives or to be saints.To this day, I still have a candle bearing that classmate's name on the shelf in my office. Every time I look at it, I pause and remember her and how she touched my life.
Who are the Saints in your life? How have they shaped you? And how do you honor who they fully were - not just the good moments, by the trying moments as well? And what legacy do you want to leave behind someday when you are called Home?
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