Commemoration of the Faithfully Departed (All Souls Day)

Commemoration of the Faithfully Departed (All Souls Day) Death is a fact of life. Life has a limit and comes to an end. However, it is that fact that actually gives very real meaning to our life. Strange statement? Human life, was created by God! But human life was created destined for glory! Destined for a goodness. Destined for a happiness that will not end! Human kind was originally created for that destiny (goodness, happiness and glory). But, we on earth do not experience this; in fact, in our sin fallen world, we do not have unending happiness. Rather, we experience illness, hardship, fear, uncertainty, and struggle. Our mortal life has a limit. Our life has a limit. But that also means pain has a limit; illness has a limit; hardship has a limit. All of these things, have a limit as well! Ultimately, when the world is brought to completion by the Lord, all of these things will pass away. They will be no more. Note that Our Lord did not come to take pain away from the world. Jesus loves us all. He came in the most perfect way. Our Lord could have snapped his fingers and removed pain from the world. He could have removed it in any way He chose! But He loves us so much! He chose to stretch out His hands to the wood of the Cross, and have the pain of this world nailed to Him. Note how unspeakably great that love is for us! Hear more in the audio. We Have Been Given A Great Gift We who live in this sin fallen world, have been given a great gift! It is a gift of faith. Faith that enables us to realize there is more than this world. We are reminded, through faith, that human life is still destined for glory; destined for happiness that will not end! When we gather at Mass, we gather through faith knowing we are to share in the victory of the resurrection of the Lord. We are promised a share in that victory . . . all who have faith, even those that have fallen asleep and have gone before us! Death provides a certain meaning to our living. It does so, because our time is brief. Because it is brief, what w