Saints in the Family Tree of Life: OpenSpirit All Saints Evening
November 1, 2009; 7-8pm; Performing Arts Center of MetroWest, Framingham, MA
Invitation: Bring a picture or story of your favorite saint – famous or anonymous!
But wait! What on earth IS a saint? Someone extra-ordinary, holier than the rest? A worker of wonders, possessing special power, revealing a sacred dimension above and beyond the mundane?
Gustav Klimt "The Tree of Life"
Who on earth is a saint? Could it be someone simply human, someone who perseveres in some extraordinary way?
‘A cloud of witnesses’ … saints inspire us in faith and spirit, in works of justice and of love. In their daily lives, they show us the holy in and among and all around us.
Who are the saints you revere and remember in the family tree of faith? Who are saints among your ancestors and those you love? Bring a photo or object, some representation of a saint we can lift up together.
All Saints Evening, at OpenSpirit. In music and memory, in hope and faith, we will celebrate our saints in the family tree of life. In this season of falling leaves, we will remember those who have gone before … and those whose touch and voice and meaning are still very much with us.