We have two new saints: Popes John XXII and John Paul II. Actually, we have far more new saints than just two. Just look around, and we’ll find them. Every day the count rises. As James Carroll said in his April 14 Boston Globe Opinion Piece “Heaven’s lobbyists,” people having “exemplary lives well lived on earth” are saints. At Christ the King we see new and older saints all the time from those involved in ministries to those who are just trying to do the “right thing” by being compassionate and loving. Of course, we all strive for saintly behavior but often fall short – perhaps very far short. Nevertheless, we all were “stamped” as saints at baptism. Although the passage of time and sometimes devilish behavior make sainthood for us appear impossible, God knows better. After all, as noted by Father James Martin in the April 22 edition of the Washington Post (In the world today, do we still need saints?), “The church does not create saints, God does.”