There are the saints with a Big S and the rest of us: Saints with a little s, those regular Joans and Janes that are trying our best to do our best; and often feeling like we are failing miserably.
We view saints as being so much better than ourselves, pie in the sky thinking. We see them as these humble docile, creatures, almost too docile. But saints were just people who saw a need in the world and strove to meet it. For them the Baptismal call to enter into the mission of Christ was all consuming, it was their calling, it may not be ours. They were called to fight against injustice, fought for the poor, fought for rights; they gave up much and got more in return. Mother Seton comes to mind.
