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 Those who have gone before us and merited the title of "Saint" can truly be considered friends of God!  Non-Catholics (and even some Catholics) have trouble understanding Christians' relationship with the Saints.  The following quote shares Catholic thought on the rule of God, including His saints... 

"Without a return to the mind of Christ there is little hope for the world in which we live.  Already, for want of unity, Western civilization is in danger of going down to destruction in blood and ruins.  The life-giving knowledge of human destiny and a desire for the rule of God, that is, faith and charity, are the conditions of the earthly as well as the heavenly peace.  This knowledge and love, man's only imperishable treasure, have their ideal form in the sacred humanity of Christ.  Next in order comes the Mother of God, she who was uniquely "full of grace."  Thereafter are the saints, so many embodiments of the eternal ideas of what man should be.  And then the ranks of the faithful, insignificant by comparison, but of the same company, since they too drink of the waters springing up unto life everlasting.  This is the assembly which makes up the "fullness of Christ," his mystical body.  Its members have been admitted in to the divine secrets; their ultimate worth and the influence they exercise upon others are to be reckoned by the depth of their love.  For it is the love of God which brings to us the only immortality that counts.  When the day breaks and the shadows retire and the Incarnate Word has delivered up his kingdom to the Father, it is by love that we shall possess the vision that is ours."

(These wonderful words were penned by Dom Aelred Graham (d. 1984). He was a professor of dogmatic theology and prior of Portsmouth Priory, Rhode Island.   His writing entitled, " The Rule of God" can be found in the February 2004 issue of Magnificat.  Please contact them for information on archive editions.)

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