As the Catholic Church gets ready to celebrate All Saints Day, Dr. Sri reminds us that this great solemnity is not just about remembering those great canonized saints, it’s also about recognizing all those unknown holy men and women who faithfully followed Jesus throughout the ages. Dr. Sri invites to reflect how God may be calling us to be saints and to love extraordinarily in our ordinary circumstances.
Snippet from the Show
On All Saints Day we remember all the holy women and men, both canonized and unknown, who loved God and others extraordinarily in their ordinary circumstances.
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Shownotes
- The saints share in the blessed joy of being with Jesus.
- All Saints Day reawakens the great desire in all of us to be saints.
- The saints loved God and others extraordinarily in their ordinary circumstances.
- To be a saint is to listen and to follow Jesus without losing heart when facing difficulties.
- The saints also noticed Jesus in the poor and lonely.
- God met the saints in the valley of their humanity.
- We must not be intimidated by the saints because they also had their own set of struggles and weaknesses.
- The saints can become our friends as well as lights for us, pointing the way forward for the future.
Resources
- Visit Dr. Sri’s website at www.edwardsri.com and to book online events with Dr. Sri email events.edwardsri@gmail.com
- Find more of Dr. Sri’s episodes at www.ascensionpress.com/allthingscatholic
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Dr. Edward Sri is a theologian, well-known Catholic speaker, and author of several best-selling books. His work with Ascension includes study programs such as A Biblical Walk Through the Mass, No Greater Love: A Biblical Walk Through Christ’s Passion and Mary: A Biblical Walk with the Blessed Mother. Several of Dr. Sri’s programs were filmed on-site in the Holy Land, and feature immersive video explorations of the sacred sites where Jesus, Mary, and the Apostles lived and died.
Dr. Sri is the host of the acclaimed Ascension podcast All Things Catholic with Dr. Edward Sri. Together with Curtis Martin, Dr. Sri is a founding leader of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), of which he serves as senior vice president of Apostolic Outreach.
Dr. Sri lives with his wife Beth and their children in Colorado.
Thank you Dr. Sri, your podcast on All Saints Day is ssssoooo inspiring to me…. I never thought of being up all night with a little child as an all night vigil. Your advice to persevere has encouraged me. Jesus speaking to me through your words.