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All Saints Day
St. Luke’s Institute
November 1, 2013
FRANKLIN PER PROVERBS +++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø Ben / political theorist / diplomat / civic
activist, inventor…
Ø Most famous for proverbs:
Ø “A stitch in time…”
Ø “A penny saved…”
Ø “A place for everything and…”
Ø “God helps those…”
Ø “Honesty is…”
Ø “Haste makes…”
Ø “Guests like fish…” (begin to smell after 3 days)
Ø “Keep your eyes wide open before marriage…” (half
shut afterwards)
Ø Sayings tell us something about / clever,
practical, frugal, witty, understood marriage
JESUS PER PROVERBS ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø Gospel / proverbs of Jesus as well
Ø Find about “those who fall thru cracks”: poor,
hungry, thirsty, sorrowing, lonely, peacemakers, simple, persecuted
Ø In effect, Jesus’ proverbs say, “I’m concerned /
have my compassion, thoughts, blessing”
Ø Living accrdng 2 these, not B in Frtne 500, of
rich, but Blest
Today’s Feast +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø Those “blest” we honor today, R blest of every
race, language, way of life
Ø They all had proverbs they lived by
Ø Level 1: The Formally Recognized – John XXIII &
JPII
Ø Level 2: The Unsung Saints – good Christ-like in R parishes
and communities
Ø Level 3: Us: In us in our better moments
CONCLUSION++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø So today we honor all levels of saints and the
proverbs they made real in their lives
Ø Because it’s our feast as well, we might ask what
are the proverbs we’ve made our own and by which we live?
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