ALL SAINTS’ DAY – NOVEMBER 1
We celebrate All Saints’ Day, a Holy Day of Obligation, and remember the communion of Saints—our unity of all Saints both earth and heaven. It’s our day to be mindful of what we are called to be—SAINTS.
ALL SAINTS’ DAY MASS TIMES
Thursday, Oct 31
5 PM Vigil Mass for All Saints
Friday, Nov 1
8 AM English
7 PM Spanish & includes Adoration
ALL SOULS DAY – NOVEMBER 2
November 2nd is the commemoration of all the faithful departed, also known as All Souls Day, a day set aside to pray for all the dead. All Souls Day shifts the Church’s focus on praying for the Faithful Departed throughout November. The need and duty of prayer for the dead has been acknowledged by the Church. It is recommended in the Scriptures of the Old Testament: “It is, therefore, a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins” (2 Macc. 12: 46). This duty is expressed in public and private prayers but especially in the offering of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for the repose of souls.
The prayers are particularly directed for the souls who are being purified in Purgatory, waiting for the day when they will join the saints in heaven. The celebration of Mass is the highest means the Church can provide for charity for the dead, but we can also relieve their sufferings through our prayers, sufferings, and penances. We can particularly help the Poor Souls by doing acts and prayers that have indulgences attached to them. (Experts from catholicculture.org)
ALL SOULS DAY MASS TIME
Saturday, November 2,
8 AM in English
ALL SOULS NOVENA
All Souls Day Novena is nine consecutive days starting November 2 and concludes Wednesday, November 9. Click the button to enroll your loved one in the novena.
The Book of the Dead is in the center of our parish worship place during the Novena for All Souls Day. Please take a moment and look through the book. This book reminds us all to pray for those who have gone home to the Father before us. November is the month of the faithful departed.
Life, safety, and happiness with Christ are the blessings we beg from God as we pray for the departed. It is “a…hold and wholesome thought to pray for the dead…” (2Mac 12:45). The Letter to the Ephesians affirms that these blessings also come to us, the living. “You are the light in the Lord. Live as children of Light” (Eph 5:8). In the Light we find every kind of goodness and truth, this is our prayer for all the faithful departed and for ourselves as well.
Prayer
Let perpetual light shine upon them,
with your Saints forever, for you are merciful.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them,
with your Saints forever, for you are merciful.
Amen.