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At the arrival of the husband, who is Christ, Cardinal Juan de la Caridad García, Archbishop of Havana, invited the wife, the Church, to keep the lamp of faith lit. “How wonderful that when he comes he finds us at Sunday Mass, in a merciful action, in family prayer, in the teaching of catechism, in forgiveness to those who have done us evil, in family love! Thus, the lamp of our faith will be fully lit with the oil of love,” he said in his allocution on this Sunday, November 8.

The Wisdom of God is light in darkness. From the light of God, we meet with the depths of our being, we recognize ourselves in Him. In today’s Gospel, Jesus offers us a parable full of symbols, one of them is the light in the darkness of the night. Also symbols are the ten virgins, their lamps, the oil. The wisdom and prudence of the first five virgins is intimately linked to the Wisdom that comes from God. To be awake is not to keep one’s eyes open, with fear and unease, but to be attentive to God with peace and serenity, to be prepared by fulfilling the task He has entrusted to us in His Church. We will be prepared if we nourish the light of faith with the oil of love for others. Because God is love, there can be no authentic faith in those who do not truly love.

In his announcement this November 1, Cardinal Juan de la Caridad García, Archbishop of Havana, emphasized that in the Solemnity of All Saints, the Church remembers not only those who have been proclaimed saints throughout history, but also so many brothers who have lived their Christian life in the midst of a simple and hidden existence , among which are many of our family and friends. They, he said, “are in heaven, they can pray for us and we imitate them.”

The Church celebrates the Solemnity of All Saints. Today we look to heaven to thank God, praise Him, Glorify Him, bless Him for the immense multitude of his children who are already in his presence and enjoy full life with Him. They are the saints whose names only God knows, who have not been beatified or canonized in the Church, but in their lives have identified with Christ. The Pope assures that Jesus has explained simply what it is to be holy: “He did so when He left us the beatitudes. They’re like the Christian’s identity card.” To the question of how it is done to become a good Christian, Francis tells us that it is necessary to do, each in his own way, what Jesus says in the sermon of beatitudes. “In them is drawn the face of the Master, who we are called to transparent in the daily life of our lives.”