{"id":22920,"date":"2026-03-11T13:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T13:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/we-all-can-be-holy-celebrating-all-saints-day\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:15:14","slug":"we-all-can-be-holy-celebrating-all-saints-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/life-advice\/finding-life-purpose\/we-all-can-be-holy-celebrating-all-saints-day\/","title":{"rendered":"We All Can Be Holy: Celebrating All Saints Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Driving to the Detroit airport a few weeks ago, I noticed a large billboard that read, \u201cAll saints have a past.\u201d I immediately thought of St. Augustine\u2019s life of debauchery and reputation as a partier, his stealing pears from the neighbor\u2019s tree and fathering an illegitimate son. I remembered St. Angela of Foligno\u2019s materialistic obsessions, Mary of Egypt\u2019s prostitution, Mother Teresa\u2019s spiritual drought<\/a> and Therese of Lisieux\u2019s irritability with another sister\u2019s annoying habits.<\/p>\n

We often think of the saints as perfect figures: clad in religious garb, with halos on top of their heads, and made of material different from the organs and flesh that define you and me. Rarely do legends highlight their intense struggles, weaknesses, and failures\u2014the stuff of humanity that gets messy and makes us vulnerable. <\/a><\/p>\n

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