Today is the joyful day for heaven’s “gala performance,” the Solemnity of all Saints. While most canonized saints have a designated date in the calendar for their memorials or feasts, November 1st is the day for all of them, including the “lower case” or the “unknown” saints. They are those who, perhaps, had never gone through the tedious processes of beatification and canonization but nevertheless enjoying the beatitude of heaven, the vision of God, in His company.
We are all called saints. A saint simply speaking, is a friend of God, and all those who are in heaven are called saints. In that blessed community, there are saints with a small “s.” they refer to anyone “worthy” enough for the gift of heaven. And then there are saint with a capital, “S,” the likes of St. Theresa, St Augustine, St John Vianney etc. they are canonized saints.
