ALL SAINT'S DAY

November 1st

The Church has always honored those early witnesses to the Christian faith who have died in the Lord.  During the first three hundred years Christians were severely persecuted, often suffering torture and bloody death -- because they were faithful . They refused to deny Christ, even when this denial might have saved their own lives, or the lives of their children and families.

In order to honor the memory -- and our own debt -- to these unnamed saints, and to recall their example, the Church dedicated a special feast day -- a sort of "memorial day" -- so that all living Christians would celebrate at a special Mass the lives and witness of those "who have died and gone before us into the presence of the Lord".

Remember to Pray for the Deceased Members of Your Family and for all the Souls in Purgatory, especially those who have no one to pray for them.

"Eternal Rest Grant unto them O Lord and may Perpetual Light Shine upon them.  May they Rest in Peace.  Amen.

May their souls and all the Souls of the Faithful Departed Rest in Peace. Amen"

ALL SOUL'S DAY

November 2nd

The Roman Catholic celebration is based on the doctrine that the souls of the faithful which at death have not been cleansed from venial sins, or have not fully atoned for mortal sins, cannot attain the beatific vision in heaven yet, and that they may be helped to do so by prayer and by the sacrifice of the Mass .