"PRAYING FOR THE DEPARTED SOULS"
First Reading: Isaiah 25: 6-9
Second Reading Revelations 21: 1-7
Gospel Reading : John 6: 37-40
*First Reading is from the book of Prophet Isaiah. The Prophet assures the people of Israel of a time when the Lord God will destroy death forever and will wipe away the tears from everyone. There will be gladness and rejoicing when the salvation of the Lord comes.
* Second reading is from the book of Revelations. St. John in his vision sees the passing away of the first heaven and the first earth and the vision of a new heaven and a new earth. In his vision , he sees the new Jerusalem where there is neither sadness, nor pain nor death. Christ the Alpha and the Omega who has made all things will make everything new.
"Eternal Life Through Faith in Jesus"
Today's Gospel reading is from St. John. In the Gospel Jesus promises His disciples and us that those who believe in Him will have eternal life. He also promises that those who died in Christ will rise again at the last day.
Today's celebration of All Souls' day is based on our faith in Jesus and faith in the resurrection of the dead. Today, we pray for all the dead, especially all those who are not in full communion with God, as their sins are here on earth and in need of remission. The physical harm they have done still being present in the world. Today we pray for them and our prayers make sense to the extent , we are able to forgive their failures and shortcomings and we ask God to do the same. All souls day is a day of mercy, of universal mercy, a day of forgiveness. We pray for our departed souls and offer Holy Mass for them. Because we believe that death is not the end, but a way that leads to eternal life promised by Jesus.
This celebration of All Souls day should remind us also of our own death which is inevitable. It must help us to be ever ready to meet the Lord when he calls us out of this world.
"May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace".
"It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins" -2 Mac.12:46
First Reading: Isaiah 25: 6-9
Second Reading Revelations 21: 1-7
Gospel Reading : John 6: 37-40
*First Reading is from the book of Prophet Isaiah. The Prophet assures the people of Israel of a time when the Lord God will destroy death forever and will wipe away the tears from everyone. There will be gladness and rejoicing when the salvation of the Lord comes.
* Second reading is from the book of Revelations. St. John in his vision sees the passing away of the first heaven and the first earth and the vision of a new heaven and a new earth. In his vision , he sees the new Jerusalem where there is neither sadness, nor pain nor death. Christ the Alpha and the Omega who has made all things will make everything new.
"Eternal Life Through Faith in Jesus"
Today's Gospel reading is from St. John. In the Gospel Jesus promises His disciples and us that those who believe in Him will have eternal life. He also promises that those who died in Christ will rise again at the last day.
Today's celebration of All Souls' day is based on our faith in Jesus and faith in the resurrection of the dead. Today, we pray for all the dead, especially all those who are not in full communion with God, as their sins are here on earth and in need of remission. The physical harm they have done still being present in the world. Today we pray for them and our prayers make sense to the extent , we are able to forgive their failures and shortcomings and we ask God to do the same. All souls day is a day of mercy, of universal mercy, a day of forgiveness. We pray for our departed souls and offer Holy Mass for them. Because we believe that death is not the end, but a way that leads to eternal life promised by Jesus.
This celebration of All Souls day should remind us also of our own death which is inevitable. It must help us to be ever ready to meet the Lord when he calls us out of this world.
"May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace".
"It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins" -2 Mac.12:46
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