Hi, I'm Edward Sree, and welcome to all things Catholic, where real faith meets real life.

As you approach St. Peter's Square in Rome, you are welcomed by this grand piazza.

It's called St. Peter's Square, and when you enter into the square and just look up, you

realize you're not alone, that you are greeted and welcomed by 140 statues up in the sky,

140 statues of the saints.

And it's reminding us that as we are pilgrims coming to Rome, coming to the central basilica

in the city of Rome, we are there with our spiritual brothers and sisters who've gone

before us, the great saints that we celebrate this week in the solemnity of all the saints.

I don't know about you, though, when you hear the stories of the saints, sometimes I could be

a little overwhelmed. I don't know if you ever have that. I'm grateful that they're there,

and I'm grateful for the amazing things God did in their lives. But when I hear these extraordinary,

remarkable events that happen in their lives, like they fasted for 30 days, or they stayed up

all night in prayer, or they levitate when they were praying, and they're an ecstasy, or they

have the stigmata. When you hear these extraordinary stories, sometimes I don't know about you,

I just feel like I can't relate. I don't have the stigmata. I cry if I like cut my finger,

you know, I get a paper cut. I can get upset about that. So, wow, this is incredible. I mean,

that Padre Pio had the stigmata or St. Francis. I mean, that's really cool, but that doesn't relate

to my day to day life, or this person stays up all night in prayer. This person fasts for weeks

at a time. I mean, I like food. I like sleep. I can't relate. Do you ever feel that way? You

know, sometimes I think we treat the saints like Catholic spiritual superheroes. You know, it's like,

oh, they did these amazing things. You know, the St. Joseph Gupertino can fly. It's amazing.

The saint could buy locate, but I don't have their superhero power. So I can admire it from afar,

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