What Saint Paul indicates by the use of the term “saint” are those who are members of a Christian community, forming the Body of Christ, and living totally for God’s plan and purposes.
By preparing our hearts to receive Jesus as John did, we ready ourselves to become generation-changing saints too: where the world clamors for retribution, we show forgiveness; where there’s an appetite for darkness, we bear the light; and where there’s hatred, we love like John.