Happy All Saints Day everyone! Over the years I've studied the lives of many saints. Throughout this time I've noticed that even though each one of them is unique, that they have many similar traits.
1) Love Jesus More Than Anyone or Anything
2) Love Their Neighbor as They Love Themselves
3) Serve in Whatever Vocation That They Are Called To
4) Are Christlike
5) Chaste
6) Prayerful
7) Have Beautiful Souls
8) Seek God's Will Above Their Own
9) Childlike But Not Childish
10) Obedient
11) Follow 10 Ten Commandments
12) Passionately Love The Church
13) Live Out The Eight Beatitudes
14) Are Not Saints By Themselves, But With Total Reliance on The Lord
15) Reverent When Needed To Be, Never Wishing To Be Disrespectful
16) Love The Sacraments, Especially The Eucharist
17) Know How Important The Family Is
18) Pro-Life
19) Know That There Is Both a Spiritual World and a Natural World
20) Have a Healthy Love of Self
21) Have True Freedom, By Being Free in The Lord
22) Courageous in The Battle of Good vs. Evil
23) Pro- Scripture, But Anti-Scripture Alone
I have never found a single saint that contradicted any of these traits. As one can clearly see, we can live out these traits as well. Holiness is for everyone, not just for a select few.
