Of all the things I truly appreciate is to hear mass with a priest who delivers an eloquent sermon. Today, I was lucky to hear one in which he explained why we should celebrate the Feast of All Saints.

In the first place, the saints have already their own individual feast days. And, it is not so much that we need a collective celebration for all the saints the Catholic Church has.

He explained that this is the day we are reminded of the other uncanonized saints who have come ahead of us but manifested in their own humble deeds their saintly ways. He was referring to those who were not in any church's altar that are flocked everyday by devotees, but those who were able to touch our lives the way the saints may have done. These saints may pertain to an old friend, a neighbor, a doting grandparent -- the ordinary people we have known and shared our lives with.

I understand this now.

Thank you, to the priest in Don Bosco this morning, for the enlightenment.