As the year draws to a close and the holiday season begins, we take a moment to stop and wonder, what comes next?
All Souls Memorial
Praying for the Holy Souls
The month of November is dedicated to the Holy Souls – those faithful who have gone before us having died in God’s grace and friendship, but “still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of Heaven” (CCC–1030-1031).
Why Purgatory?
If, as I die, I hear instruments tuning, you can be assured that I will hurry to join them, tighten my loose strings until I have perfect pitch then take my place adding to the celestial sounds of Heaven!
Eternal Rest Grant Unto Them
November is the month of the Holy Souls. We remember that death does not have the last word, because by His most sorrowful passion and glorious Resurrection, Christ overcame the power of death – “O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?” (1 Corinthians 15:55)…