Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Sainthood, anyone?
TODAY is All-Saints Day... eh? And the Day of the Dead is TOMORROW... always a gap between All Hallows Eve and the Day of the Dead... so that we don't have 2 horrific days BACK-TO-BACK! Smart Christian thinking there, eh? I thought so!Note, also, another November date of significance on the Christian calendar - the 24th, the Day of all Vietnam Martyrs... With so many good souls floating around in November, the evil spirits that were summoned for Halloween by wayward mindless fools in search of "kicks" (or bumps... in the night? Ok now - no double entendre here folks!) shall be scattered in no time at all! Certainly the Ancient Celts could never have imagined that their All Hallows' Eve and Samhain (pronounced Sow-in, by the way folks!) would get separated by a day celebrating sainthood amongst the faillible - that is, us, the weak mortal flesh! Mayhaps that is because they had little in terms of saints to celebrate, themselves, to begin with? Lugh was one good choice - and though I like the name and basic, ah, powers of that one (hey - Luminous Lugh, my harbinger!) I am not so sure of his sainthood... or that he even existed! Another good candidate would be Cuchullain - and, again, as with Lugh, the question is if he is more myth than anything else... I suppose arguments could be made about the validity of St. Bob Cousy, St. Bill Russell or even St. Larry Bird (!) - okay, now I am being whimsical here!
One thing that the Celts and I can agree on through the centuries is this: "the Celts believed that past and present were closely linked, allowing ancestral spirits to join them" - and, as a historian, I sure do believe the exact same thing! Aye, sir! It is quite amazing indeed that Halloween -which dates back to 700 B.C. to the rural society in northern England, Ireland and Scotland that the Celts were- pretty much became widespread all over the world - with notable exceptions! The spread of the pagan ritual of Samhain has proven to be durable; but the Christians made it a day to celebrate saints who had no day of their own! So, everybody wins - isn't that sweet? In this day and age, win-win situations are so rare and few... one stands a better chance to run into a no-win situation more often than not...!
The picture, by the way, is one of those saintly souls meeting its Maker... a truly luminous visualization of what it could be like - don't you think? ;) Blessings!
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Luciano,
If there is anyone that I know that I would recomend for Saithood it would be you!
Not that I would want you to become a Catholic Priest in order to be able to qualify for Sainthood! At least I believe one has to have been a Catholic Priest before one could ever attain Sainthood.
You are truley the best man I have ever known! Truely Luminous!!
You are a Spiritual Warrior!! Your heart is pure gold! You might not think of yourself as being good enough for Sainthood, but I sure do!
Keep on being your Wonderful Luminous self! I look forward to joining you in the air with Christ when he calls us all to be with him! We will rejoice when that day comes!
Until then, keep being the mirror that reflects the light to others!
God Bless You Luce (\ô/)
((HUGE HUGS))
Countess
If there is anyone that I know that I would recomend for Saithood it would be you!
Not that I would want you to become a Catholic Priest in order to be able to qualify for Sainthood! At least I believe one has to have been a Catholic Priest before one could ever attain Sainthood.
You are truley the best man I have ever known! Truely Luminous!!
You are a Spiritual Warrior!! Your heart is pure gold! You might not think of yourself as being good enough for Sainthood, but I sure do!
Keep on being your Wonderful Luminous self! I look forward to joining you in the air with Christ when he calls us all to be with him! We will rejoice when that day comes!
Until then, keep being the mirror that reflects the light to others!
God Bless You Luce (\ô/)
((HUGE HUGS))
Countess
I try, Countess - I try!
I would have to disagree with you though on Sainthood - Sainthood is accessible to us all. Whereas many priests don't have a... ah... snowball's chance in hell (!) of attaining it - a great many laymen and laywomen will... I AM SURE!
It is all in one's deeds as also in what is to be found IN ONE'S HEART... My favorite saint, though a "borderline priest" because he baptized, was anything BUT a priest in our definition of it... JOHN THE BAPTIST was many things, but not a mild-mannered collar-wearing man of the cloth... nope! Yet CHRIST HIMSELF said it - "there is no greater man to be found than him - yet the smallest one in Heaven is greater than he is."
I am sure John could live with that - and so could I, if I were in his sandals! (Or did he simply walk the desert barefoot?).
Blessings!
I would have to disagree with you though on Sainthood - Sainthood is accessible to us all. Whereas many priests don't have a... ah... snowball's chance in hell (!) of attaining it - a great many laymen and laywomen will... I AM SURE!
It is all in one's deeds as also in what is to be found IN ONE'S HEART... My favorite saint, though a "borderline priest" because he baptized, was anything BUT a priest in our definition of it... JOHN THE BAPTIST was many things, but not a mild-mannered collar-wearing man of the cloth... nope! Yet CHRIST HIMSELF said it - "there is no greater man to be found than him - yet the smallest one in Heaven is greater than he is."
I am sure John could live with that - and so could I, if I were in his sandals! (Or did he simply walk the desert barefoot?).
Blessings!
Those are some good points you made about Sainthood. I guess I was thinking about the recognized Saints. Those who have been declared as Saints.
Thanks for explaining that to me. I guess then that is what we all strive for. We have Jesus as our example and the best example we could ever have to follow!
I know I try to be like Jesus, but do fall short because I am human, and not perfect like he is.
I guess as long as we try our best and obey put God first in all things, that is all God expects of us.
Thanks again for explainging that, and posting such a good topic!
God Bless You Luce (\ô/)
((HUGE HUGS))
Countess
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Thanks for explaining that to me. I guess then that is what we all strive for. We have Jesus as our example and the best example we could ever have to follow!
I know I try to be like Jesus, but do fall short because I am human, and not perfect like he is.
I guess as long as we try our best and obey put God first in all things, that is all God expects of us.
Thanks again for explainging that, and posting such a good topic!
God Bless You Luce (\ô/)
((HUGE HUGS))
Countess
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