Our
children are learning about the Communion of Saints in their RE lessons at the
moment. Here is what POPE FRANCIS says
about
THE
COMMUNION OF SAINTS
“Anyone can
be a saint,” Pope Francis said on Friday as the Catholic Church marked the Solemnity
of All Saints. “Saints aren’t supermen
and they weren’t born perfect. They are
people who, before attaining glory in Heaven, lived a normal life, with joys
and pains, struggles and hopes… but when they knew the love of God they felt it
with all their hearts.”
“To be a
saint is not a privilege for the few but a vocation for all,” the pontiff
added. “We are all called to walk the path of holiness, and this pathway has a
name and a face: it is Jesus Christ.”
Speaking
during his weekly general audience at St. Peter’s Square, Francis said “The
communion of saints is the deepest reality of the Church, because in Christ,
through Baptism, we are made sharers in the communion of life and love which is
the Blessed Trinity.”
“This is
one of the most consoling truths of our faith, since it reminds us that we are
not alone but that there is a communion of life among all those who belong to
Christ,”
A TRADITIONAL PRAYER TO PRAY FOR THE SOULS IN PURGATORY
especially remembered during the month of November
Eternal rest grant unto
them O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them, may they rest in peace.
Amen.
Amen.
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