Homily - All Saints
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This episode discusses the significance of All Saints Day and the diverse ways the Holy Spirit sanctifies individuals.
The Sunday of All Saints reveals the fruit of Pentecost: the Holy Spirit does not produce one type of saint but sanctifies every kind of person according to God's purpose. The saints differ in vocation, personality, and circumstance, yet all are united by the same Spirit who transformed ordinary human lives into icons of Christ. The question is not whether we are the "right kind" of person to become holy, but whether we will allow the Holy Spirit to sanctify the life God has given us. --- Last Sunday we celebrated Pentecost. We celebrated the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles. And today, on the Sunday of All Saints, we celebrate the result. Pentecost is the gift. All Saints is the fruit. The Holy Spirit descended upon the Church, and what did He produce? Saints. Not one saint. Not one type of saint. Saints. A multitude which no man can number. When we look at the saints, one thing becomes immediately obvious: they are not all the same. Some were bishops. Some were monks. Some were mothers. Some were kings. Some were soldiers. Some were fools for Christ. Some were scholars. Some were illiterate. Some spent their lives in deserts. Others spent their lives in crowded…
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Host: Fr. Anthony Perkins
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