All Saints Day

It is today.  I remember my mother, my father and my baby brother Richard, all the saints of my family who have gone before me who now live eternally with God.  I think of all the saints in the Bible about whom and from whom I learn much about God. I remember mother Teresa, who changed my life in seminary days.  I remember all the saints whose final service I was privileged to conduct. I remember Ruth and Jay, my father in law and Sue Mooney.

I give thanks to God for all the saint who from their labor rest.  I pray that I will have the wisdom to learn from them.