7 Quick Saintly Takes

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Happy All Saints Day!  Thank you to Catholic Icing for the Saintly Costume ideas, because we all know I can't think creatively, much less actually make homemade costumes!

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John-Paul is St. Dominic Savio.

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Andrew is St. Michael the Archangel.

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Eamon is St. George.

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Maggie is St. Mary Magdalene.

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My future Saints (hopefully!)

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I keep thinking about how amazing the Communion of Saints is, and how lucky we are to have their examples.  When I read about Catholics fighting over the right way to celebrate holidays, or mothers arguing over the proper way to raise children, or even get sucked into the working vs. stay at home debating myself, I have to stop and reflect.  

It would be so boring if we all did everything exactly the same in praising Our Lord and being good Christians to one another.  God has shown us how much He appreciates diversity, and we should too!  He gave us thousands of examples of what it means to be a Saint.  And they are all so different, there's no one cookie cutter way to live in order to gain Eternal Life.  How amazing is it that someone like St. Augustine or Mary Magdalene is frolicking around Heaven with the likes of St. Therese and Padre Pio?  Heaven is going to be an awesome party!  I hope I get an invite :)

{Phil read this post and said, "You already have an invite to Heaven, it's just up to you how you will RSVP."  I love that man.  So smart.}