Our Saints and Blessed
What is a Saint?
It is the glory of the Church that it cannot name all the saints.
It is the glory of the Church that it cannot remember all the saints.
It is the glory
of Christ
that we cannot
count
all the saints.
Saints are found
behind all the rocks
of the
mountain.
Saints are found
among the trees
of the wood.
Saints hide in
blossoms,
ride birds, top clouds;
follow passages
under the
earth.
They sweep the floors
of the universe.
They take out the garbage
of the cosmos.
The seeds they scatter
soften and green the hillsides;
leaves open
their hands;
joyful beasts
wander among trees,
cling to grassy
slopes.
The faithful
cling to the roots
of the saints,
growing up
from the ground.
It is the glory of the Church that it cannot remember all the saints.
It is the glory of Christ that we cannot count all the saints.
Saints are found behind all the rocks of the mountain.
Saints are found among the trees of the wood.
Saints hide in blossoms, ride birds, top clouds; follow passages under the earth.
They sweep the floors of the universe.
They take out the garbage of the cosmos.
The seeds they scatter soften and green the hillsides; leaves open their hands; joyful beasts wander among trees, cling to grassy slopes.
The faithful cling to the roots of the saints, growing up from the ground.
Matthew R. Brown
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
Copyright 2009
Copyright 2009