"To be a beggar before God is to be blessed with the kingdom of heaven" — All Saints' Day 2025
To be a saint is to be a beggar before God. But to be a beggar before God is to be blessed with the kingdom of heaven. Because God fills what is empty. He lifts what has fallen. He gives what we could never buy.“Blessed are the poor in spirit,” Jesus says, “for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” He doesn’t say, “will be.” He says, “is.” Right now. This kingdom already belongs to those who know they’ve got nothing.