Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (3)

Let me begin by thanking the Catenians here in Harare for inviting me to celebrate this Mass with you this afternoon. I am particularly grateful to be with you on this occasion, when we remember and pray for our departed brothers and friends. We come to thank God for their …

The readings today are about the quiet courage of hope that endures through death, the unseen thread of mercy that binds the living and the dead, and the promise that even in the shadowed valley, goodness and love are not far behind.

Dear friends in Christ,

Yesterday, we …

Technically we call today the “Commemoration of all the faithful departed” but it is popularly known as ‘All Souls’ as a play on words of yesterday’s ‘All Saints’. In yesterday’s feast of All Saints, the Church around the world honored the Church in Heaven (though in South …