Saint Barry

Have you heard of St Barry? Patron saint of all ordinary people in the church today. Saint is used in the New Testament to mean a believer in Jesus. It is a statement of identity rather than personal sanctity. You are a saint because you are related to God through Jesus. You reflect that reality in your life to varying degrees.

There are two ways of looking at the Christian life. I am a sinner who tries to get it right. I am a saint who still gets it wrong. Life in mode one will be a constant struggle for acceptance - am i right enough? The second way is Jesus' way. We are accepted and changed from day one. We fail but go straight to Jesus who puts us on the right path again.

All Saints day celebrates that WE can be saints, pleasing to God and loved by God. Put your faith in his ability to make you his beloved child - and behave according to who you really are - a saint!