St. Patrick Catholic Church in Columbus, Ohio shared a reflection on Nov. 1 on the subject of our saints, the holy ones in heaven.

“This past Monday we celebrated the third of three Confirmation Masses here at St. Patrick, and it was a great honor to be able to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation to our young people,” Rev. Stephen Alcott wrote. “Saint Teresa of Calcutta was one of the saints chosen by our newly confirmed young people as a Confirmation saint. It is such a great gift to be able to have such friends in Heaven who actively and really help us who are still on our pilgrimage on this earth.”

The saints are not dead, no. In an earthly sense, their pilgrimages have ended, but they are alive in heaven with Jesus. 

They, in fact, live a more full life than we do on earth. 

“The saints do not all fit the same mold, any more than we do. Each is unique, and each found a way to deep friendship with God in the particular gifts and challenges life brought them,” Rev. Alcott wrote. 

The reality is that the saints in heaven are a gift to us, as we are able to relate to them and the many unique ways that they connected with God. 

“It has been said that the beatitudes paint a portrait of the face of Jesus in words, and each of the saints made this portrait their own. There are many hundreds of men and women whose lives have been recognized by the Church as shining examples of beauty and virtue, lives worthy of our imitation,” Rev. Alcott wrote. 

Let us remember, during the month of November, to connect with our saints in a special way. They are in heaven, interceding on our behalf, let us ask them to go to the Father.