Souls day

November 2nd | All Souls Day. The commemoration of all the faithful departed is celebrated by the Church on November 2. The Office of the Dead must be recited by the clergy and all the Masses are to be of Requiem, except one of the current feast, where this is of obligation. The theological basis for the feast is the doctrine that the souls which, on departing from the body, are not perfectly cleansed from venial sins, or have not fully atoned for past transgressions, ...

Merciful Father, hear our prayer and console us. As we renew our faith in Your Son, whom You raised from the dead, strengthen our hope that all our departed brothers and sisters will share in His resurrection, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. Eternal Rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace.

“It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins

All Souls Day (or All Souls' Day) is November 2nd. While All Saints Day on November 1 honors all of the martyrs and saints, the purpose of All Souls Day is

All Souls days is usually forgotten by many due to being right after Halloween, on November 2nd. All Souls Day is a feast commemorating all of those who have died and now are in Purgatory, being cleansed of their venial sins and the temporal punishments for the mortal sins that they had confessed and atoning before entering fully into Heaven. So how do we teach this feast to our children? Death is not something a lot of people like to talk about, and some children just are not ready to…

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