Nov. 1, 2015 - "All Saints Day" - homily by Fr. Kevin - a podcast by Mary Queen of Peace - WA

Scripture Readings: http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/110115.cfm
Matthew 5:1-12

Summary:
At the turn of the 19th and 20th century, numerous well-known thinkers, writers and social activists found their way into the Catholic Church: People like John Henry Newman, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy Day, Graham Greene and others.

One of these was the former atheist and poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, who later became a Jesuit priest. One time, his atheist friend Robert Bridges asked him: "How can I believe?" To which Hopkins give a surprisingly simple, non-academic answer: "Give alms!"

He didn't mean we could earn our way to heaven by our good works -- but that because God Himself contains the mystery of purest love, goodness and mercy -- to enter into acts of charity and service is to begin to get a glimpse of the kind of purposeful life God intends for us.

The lives of the saints remind us that they all expressed their faith through visible acts of stewardship. So too, our lives should be marked by an active stewardship as a worshipful response to God.

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