Saints

[Tell of the many ways they brightened someone’s day, tell of how they were the ‘sunshine’ of many a life.]

There was a little boy who came to church with his mom. While she was lighting candles and attempting to pray the stations of the cross, he was doing what little kids do in church, he was running around examining just about everything. After a while, she called for him and he didn’t answer. She looked around and saw that he was in the sanctuary looking at the stained-glass windows.

The sun was streaming through, and he was fascinated as he moved his hands back-and-forth with all the different colors rolling across his face and onto his clothes. The mother said: “Come, we have to go! But he didn’t budge.” So she walked up to where he stood.

There was a statue to his right and he sa…