In the Book of Revelation there are several important insights.

One of them the Time of Great distress points to the fierce persecution at the hands of the Romans. 

We do not face overt persecution that the early Christians did, but we live in the midst of the subtle and gradual destruction of the moral fiber of our society.  To defeat this attack on our moral fiber we are called to become saints, and to let God guide our lives.

St. John tells us that we are God's children.  As God’s children we must listen attentively to His message, and live His message --- that is the road to sainthood. 

St. Matthew recounts the “Sermon on the Mount”, where Jesus taught his disciples how to live their lives.  He gives us the guidelines (the blueprint) to live the way God wants us to live.

 Let us take a closer look at the one of the beatitudes, “Blest are the single-hearted (the pure of heart) for they shall see God.” 

“Single-hearted” means responding to Jesus’ call to dedicate our lives to Him.  de Sales put it this way, “Saints are people who do ordinary things extraordinarily well.”

We can take our daily actions and bless them by doing each of them for Jesus. Today may each one of us do the ordinary in our lives extraordinarily well, because that is the stuff of saints.

May God Be Praised!