All Saints

Little sweetheart, today is All Saints Day. 

I didn't know much about it not having grown up Catholic (I know more about All Soul's Day, which is tomorrow). 

Famously, there is a wonderful rectory, a small cloister of nuns, just around the corner from our apartment and across from the Sacred Heart church (a mostly Spanish speaking parish) on W51st St. I have become friendly with the nuns there over the years, little sweetheart - they all know about you and pray for you, even know about our music - and one of them once explained to me that Catholics believe that we direct our prayers to the Saints and that they intercede with God. That's why certain saints are known for a certain thing. 

I think that's so lovely and interesting - and we need all the help that we can get! So, I love the idea of sending prayers directly and also through the specific Saints. It's like "okay, cc: Saint Christopher, let's get him on this thread". 

Needless to say, all my prayers are headed your way, little sweetheart. Check your inbox in Heaven! You may get multiple copies!