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"What is a saint?" Fr. Jaime asked.

Hands shot up in the church.
"Some one who is holy," a little girl replied.

One can spy miniatures St. Patrick, St. Rose, St. Jean of Arc, and others wiggling in the pews.
It was the Feast of All Saints and the children from St. Luke's School had come to Mass.

"What is a saint?" Father asked again.
"Some one you can pray to."
"Some one who loves God a lot."

"Last night, I saw a lot of trick-or-treaters.  Some of them were dressed like superhero characters like Batman and Wolverine.  But their powers aren't real.  It's fake because these are just stories.  But the saints, their power is real!" Father paused.

"What is a saint?"
"Some one who doesn't watch TV!" 

Jesus called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said, “Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven."  (Mt 18:2-3)

 ps.  Angelo, posing in front of my "failed banana bread" the past summer.  He thought it was awesome that he got to help out!  I had forgotten to put sugar in!

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