Today is All Saints Day and so a day for pondering on what it takes to become a saint.
On reading the lives of the saints, I find a pattern in their lives. Even though they were so different / so original, they all had a sincere love for God. This love inspired them to develop a friendship with God, someone that He could rely on to do His Will.
Am I such a person? Are you such a person? And, how do we go about becoming God's friend?
The answer would seem to be more simple than we can imagine, by asking ourselves, how do we develop a friendship with another person?
The basic principle of friendship is interest, a genuine interest in another person separate from the natural interest we have in ourselves.
My faith teaches me that God loves me. This I believe, yet there is a created need in me to love God and be concerned with His wishes.
What does He ask of us?
"Love one another, even as I love you"
This is the secret of sainthood, to love always.
