Vatican City, Nov 1, 2017 / 04:54 am
Pope Francis marked All Saints' Day Wednesday saying the saints are honored not because they were perfect or did everything right, but because they allowed God to touch their lives and fought hard against sin.
"The Solemnity of All Saints is 'our' feast: not because we are good, but because the holiness of God has touched our lives," the Pope said Nov. 1.
Saints, he said, "are not perfect models, but are people whose lives God has crossed," and can be compared with the stained glass windows of a church, "which allow light to enter in different shades of color."
The saints above all are our brothers and sisters "who have welcomed the light of God into their hearts and have passed it on to the world, each one according to their own 'tone'," he said, but stressed that no matter the "color" they give, "all of them are transparent."