david mass nov1: Today we are celebrating the Solemnity of All the Saints. And the saints were men and women that in the middle of their struggles, in the middle of their weaknesses and their sins, they allow God to transform their lives. So them some of them are very well known. But let us not forget of those holy men and women that are not known to us, that they are saints but we don't know their names. They live a good holy life. And we can start to think about the saints, about about them as extraordinary people who their lives were very different than ours. We start to create a barrier between us and them. But see, they were men and women just like us. They knew about being tired, about about having doubts, they had a family, they have parents, they have children. They have friends, they suffer, they got sick, but they live holy lives. And one of the things that we can see in the saints, especially with today's gospel, is that they were able to take on the beatitudes. They were able to live those beatitudes. And that's what we're reminded in the gospel: that true happiness does not come from the things of this world. It does not come from the things that we possess, the power that we seek, or the pleasures we pursue. It doesn't even come from Living only for us indifferent to the needs of others. True happiness comes from our relationship with God, in choosing to share, to serve, to be merciful, to have hunger for justice and peace, and even give our life for others. And if you have read the life of any of the saints, even your favorite saint, there is a time in their life. in their journey that something clicked, that they finally were able to understand that choosing God was to choose happiness and fulfilment. And some of them even went against the world, against society, against their family, and even against their own their themselves. And see and today the church, my brothers and sisters, remind us that they make the right choice. To be a saint is not about doing extraordinary things, but rather to allow God's love to work in each of us and to do everything possible to continue following Jesus and letting his grace to flow and work in you. Even in this world that seems that has turned away from God, that continues to choose violence over love, hatred over forgiveness. And division over unity. In the middle of all that, Christ calls each of us to be set apart. He calls us to be holy. And the saints reminds us that it is worth to put our full trust in the Lord, that forgiving is worth it, that serving others is worth it. To love others is worth it. To seek humility is worth it. To die for others is worth it. Brothers and sisters, to be holy is simple but not easy. And you can start today. Choose one of the beatitudes that you hear today in the gospel. Just choose one of them and allow God's love to work in you. Ask him how you can grow in your daily life with that beatitude. Maybe be more merciful. Maybe looking for justice and peace. But choose one of those. That's how we work on our spiritual life. That's how we become holy. That's how we become saints. But by choosing to start living a good holy life, by choosing to love Christ. And again, to be holy is not about doing the extraordinary things, but rather is choosing to love Christ, choosing to love as Christ loves each one of us in those ordinary moments of our lives. See, today the saints give us hope. And Jesus reminds us that our true reward is in heaven, where we will fully know and be with God. My brothers and sisters, as you approach the Eucharist today, ask the Lord to give you the grace to remain faithful and the courage to live a good holy life.