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John 20: 11-18
"But Mary was standing outside near the tomb, weeping. Then, as she wept, she stooped to look inside, and saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head, the other at the feet. They said, 'Woman, why are you weeping?' 'They have taken my Lord away,' she replied, 'and I don't know where they have put him.' As she said this she turned round and saw Jesus standing there, though she did not realise that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, 'Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?' Supposing him to be the gardener, she said, 'Sir, if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and remove him.' Jesus said, 'Mary!' She turned round then and said to him in Hebrew, 'Rabbuni!' -- which means Master. Jesus said to her, 'Do not cling to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to the brothers, and tell them: I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.' So Mary of Magdala told the disciples, 'I have seen the Lord,' and that he had said these things to her." 

ALL SAINTS! ALL SOULS! OUR PRAYERS!

1/11/2020

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On All Saints Day the Roman Catholic Church celebrates its Saints and on All Souls Day and during the following nine days we remember and pray for our deceased family and friends.

At the Solemn Mass before us we have the Communion of Saints: we celebrate the Saints as the true heroes of our world The Saints are heroes of Christian virtue and this is why they are patrons of our Churches, reflect our windows, and drape our altars. They are martyrs, dedicated men and women, who gave their lives to Confess the Truth, and to live by the Truth of Christ. This means that the Saints, while they may have been persecuted, surrounded by errors, and the stinking rot of sin, continued to strive for holiness following the teachings of Christ and Apostolic tradition of the Church.

​Neither Christ nor His Church tolerates errors because by living the lie of sin, we refuse Eternal salvation. People who strive for holiness are aware of the challenges, the obstacles, the frustrations, but we do not give up. We believe in God’s grace. We believe in the salvific blood of our Saviour. We live in a world to which we bring the light of the Son of God, His Gospel, and the hope of Eternal life that only Christ can give us. But Christ’s message is an invitation to Christ’s divine banquet. Some accept the invitation. Some do not. Refusing the invitation of Our Lord means is to refuse His love, His Grace, fundamentally, the Truth because He is the Way the Truth and the Life.


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