Saints know blessing

Today, the Solemnity of All Saints in the Roman Catholic Lectionary, is the day to recall holiness we have experienced in the people we have known. The Beatitudes, the spiritual platform of Jesus, are presented. Many people we know, humble, grieving, peacemakers, meek, merciful and resolute are described as “blessed”. Today we might think of them as saints.

Blessedness is described as something of God, holiness or blessedness,
being displayed through human actions. We are inside-outside people. Being
blessed is based on God's sharing part of the essence of God with us and then
our doing something from that inside gift by sharing it in small
and/or large deeds. We are not holy by what we do. We are holy because of the
very essence of God shared with us. We receive it, believe it, and not achieve
it!

(Gillick, 2009)
Gillick, L. S. (2009, Nov 1). Daily Reflection. Retrieved Nov 1, 2009, from Creighton University's Online Ministries: http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/110109.html