Something strange happened today (1 November 2015), a.k.a. “All Saints Day”.  Actually it started yesterday, intensified today, and has culminated in this steady flow of electrons shooting across your computer screen, hopefully pixelating it with a purpose.

So what is with the ‘Someday Saint’ moniker?  I’m glad you asked. (If you didn’t ask, I’m pretending in my mind that you have and there’s nothing you can do about it).  Anyways, I’m a Roman Catholic Christian.  I believe that everyone exists for a purpose, actually many purposes, one of which is to eventually make it to Heaven to be with God.  Those that do this, or who have already done this, are referred to as “saints” (not angels).

This concept of becoming a saint someday was first introduced to me when I heard a priest ask a group that I was in “Who plans on being a saint someday?” Not many, if any hands were raised in the affirmative to that question, including mine.  I surely did not think of myself as “saint” material.  A ‘saint’ was someone who lived a long time ago, devoted themselves to non-stop prayer, lived simple monastic lives of servitude, and apparently had as part of their wardrobe, some sort of halo.  Even my fanciful imagination could not generate any future scenarios in which the Church celebrated in its calendar a day for me.  It wasn’t until the priest explained to the group that a saint is someone who has made it to heaven. Once he had presented that definition, a second asking of his question was greeted with a much more positive and enthusiastic response!

That simple, but pivotal experience left a lasting impression on me.  I started to look at myself with that simple, but challenging goal…becoming a saint someday.  A saint someday…a Someday Saint.

I think I’ll end my first blog post here:

My name is Mark.

Why this blog?

Because we are all called to be saints…someday.

And with that in mind, I hope you’ll find something here

which will help you in your journey towards sainthood.