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Daily Meditation: Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14
. . . a great multitude, which no one could count. (Revelation 7:9)
St. John’s description of heaven is breathtaking: holy men and women from all over the world joining the angels praising God before his throne! It’s also a good scene to contemplate on today’s Solemnity of All Saints. We celebrate the saints we know and love—patron saints, Confirmation saints, those our parish is named after—and all the other men and women whose names we may never know. And we remind ourselves that each of us is meant to be a part of this great assembly!
That’s because holiness—sanctity—is for everyone. Recalling the Second Vatican Council’s universal call to holiness, Pope Leo XIV said, “Holiness . . . is not a privilege for the few, but a gift that requires every baptized person to strive for . . . the fullness of love towards God and towards one’s neighbor” (Audience, April 8, 2026).
You were born to be a saint! But that doesn’t mean you need to be exactly the same as any one saint, like Francis of Assisi or Mother Teresa. Do you remember that multitude “from every nation, race, people, and tongue” (Revelation 7:9)? God has destined you to be a saint in your own place and time, in your own vocation, according to the shape of your life. Your circumstances will guide your path to holiness. As the Council fathers put it, “The classes and duties of life are many, but holiness is one” (Lumen Gentium, 41). The one thing every saint has in common is that they let the Lord lead them as they grow in love for him and for the people around them.
How encouraging! The way we get there might differ, but our destination is the same: heaven, where we will praise God with that “great multitude”!
“Jesus, help me to follow you so that I can join all the saints in heaven!”
