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Why do Catholics honor the saints?

“Let us learn from the saints who have gone before us,” Pope Francis reminded us in “The Joy of the Gospel.”

A fitting reminder for All Saints’ Day, which is Nov. 1.

As EWTN.com explains of this holy day in the Church, “Nothing can more powerfully incite us to aspire with all our strength to the incomparable happiness and blessed company of the saints than their example.”

All you holy men and women, pray for us!

 

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Palestinian Christians celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at Holy Family Church in Gaza City on March 31, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group.

People Explain ‘Why I Go to Mass’

‘Why go to Mass on Sundays? It is not enough to answer that it is a precept of the Church. … We Christians need to participate in Sunday Mass because only with the grace of Jesus, with his living presence in us and among us, can we put into practice his commandment, and thus be his credible witnesses.’ —Pope Francis

Palestinian Christians celebrate Easter Sunday Mass at Holy Family Church in Gaza City on March 31, amid the ongoing battles Israel and the Hamas militant group.

People Explain ‘Why I Go to Mass’

‘Why go to Mass on Sundays? It is not enough to answer that it is a precept of the Church. … We Christians need to participate in Sunday Mass because only with the grace of Jesus, with his living presence in us and among us, can we put into practice his commandment, and thus be his credible witnesses.’ —Pope Francis