We celebrate All Saints Day on November 1 to express our admiration and gratitude to persons, known and unknown, who passed away having lived virtuous lives and/or lost their lives while promoting “right relationships” – a commitment to loving each other as God loves us.
On November 2, we celebrate All Souls Day to commemorate the lives of deceased loved ones and all persons who have died. Some we remember with gratitude for the good they did. We remember others in the hope that they, too, have found rest with the God who “looks beyond our faults to see our need.”
Some ways to celebrate All Saints Day and All Souls Day include praying for the dead and asking for their prayers so that we can strive to live faith-filled and loving lives. Many people also visit the graves of their loved ones on All Souls Day and adorn them with flowers or create a little shrine with pictures, a candle, and flowers.
Please be sure to send us your personal intentions, especially of those loved ones who have passed away recently, so we may include them in our daily prayers. Please email us at: info@sssla.org
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