Who were the Saints? From what little I do know and have learned about the Saint's I believe they were a chosen people, for a very special task during a very special time, in the history of our faith, desiring to know Christ, love Christ, and become the living example of Christ for the world to see and imitate.
The Saint's were taught some really amazing lesson's during their life journey. How to truly imitate Christ as fellow Catholic's. The Saint's have paved the way, lived and died, and entered into judgement with our Lord, never to return to the earth again. For their purpose was and is, to serve for a time, that would later be recorded, preserved, and studied, by the faithful, you and I.
Saints are ordinary people living out extra ordinary lives. Their good works are meaningful and purposeful and meant to guide the faithful on their journey through life's most difficult lessons, preparing them not just in life but in death for all eternity.
For eternal life is in knowing that our greatest achievement in life is to be with God for all eternity. And if we aim at achieving this goal while still living on earth we have a head start in life and in death before we even get there. How do we get there? For starters, we read all about the life of the saints. Who better to begin with than Saint Anne which you will learn more about in the downloading of this episode. For now let me say that Saint's had to be very important in the eyes of God, because we have had so many of them, over the centuries devoted to something bigger and greater than their own desires. They desired God above and beyond everything! Allowing God to use them as his very own instruments, we read upon their rich lives which have shown us how it was like during their time in building up the kingdom of God while still living on earth.
Saints throughout the ages have suffered willingly and greatly for the sake of loving God. But they did not suffer in vain. They were chosen and happy to live out their lives in holiness. God's best examples were given to us in the form of saints. God knew that we needed to see his love for us in action. Gods love has moved men and women throughout the ages, to hear and listen to his voice calling them to himself. To the highest standard of service and highest standard of living. He chose them, and they said yes. And they enriched the journey for the rest of us to find Jesus through knowing about the power of Jesus dwelling within them.
Saint Anne was a perfect living example that her very own daughter later followed. She was prayerful, and her only daughter Mary, who would later become the mother of God was shown how to read scripture as a little girl. And having Saint Anne as my very own patron Saint, I am always in awe of the depiction of the statue of Mary as a young girl looking up to her mother, holding scripture in her hand.
If you and I just focused on reading scripture think of the knowledge we would be receiving, knowing, and applying to our daily lives. We would live the most holiest life imaginable. Honoring The Mother of God, and her daughter. A very powerful image and thought to ponder.
Let us then put on the mind and heart of Mary and the mind and heart of Anne and stay within the holy presence of these first two very powerful women in the history of our beautiful Catholic faith.
