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Over the last couple of days I read a lot on sainthood.  It is the time of year.  I would have benefited more on reading of specific Saints, but I found myself unable to do so thinking more on those who have been saints to me, but who carry no such title.  Being in a tradition that has no All Soul’s Day, I did not labor the point, though I did reflect on how having separate days to honor the faithful departed was not such a bad thing even if I found it difficult to wrap my head around it.

My problem in considering such matters is that I take up complex things, but at the end of the day I am too simple to give them much thought.  It is true that some lead better lives than others and perhaps a very few attain that level of holiness to deserve the title of Saint.  I do not worry about such things however preferring to leave it to those with the time and intellect to figure it out. Read more