minor saint

“When people die, they rise up to being minor saints.

The day was introduced as a more efficient alternative to individually celebrating a number of holidays honoring various minor saints in the Spring.

The reredos shows twelve figures, six on either side of Jesus, some major, other minor saints, representing different races and ages, both male and female.

And that's before you even get to the subject matter: an acute, poetic comment on how celebrities have assumed the roles of minor Saints and Gods in our secular society.

And Elizabeth Kurtzman's costumes, like Mr. Morris's deceptively simple choreography, give the minor saints the look of nicely crude bisque figurines of peasants.

And beyond them there are generations of major and minor saints who not only kept the faith in their lifetimes, but shared the faith and made the love of God real for others around them.

Instead of individually celebrating a number of holidays honoring various minor saints in the spring, Danes celebrate Store Bededag, or All Prayers' Day, on the fourth Friday after Easter.