Bible
Study: Wisdom 3, 1 to 9. Romans 5, 5 to 11. And Matthew
5, 1 to 12.
Yesterday
was All Saints day and as a follow up to that celebration, today we remember
all who once lived on earth but are no more. Today we pray for all souls known
to us and even souls who have died without even getting the chance of being
given a name. Today we remember victims of natural disasters such as flooding,
earthquakes, typhoon, and so on. We also remember millions of people who have
died as a result of man’s inhumanity to man; children whose life were cut short
by abortion, euthanasia, sales of expired drugs, holocausts, war and so on.
Our faith
makes us understand that nothing unclean shall ever enter heaven but because we
know that these souls knew God while still on earth and strove to live
according to his commandments, they may now be in a place of purification in
preparation for heaven. This is why we pray for the dead. Our Prayers are
beneficial to them in reducing the time they spend in purgatory and also
beneficial to us in that by praying for the dead we too are reminded that someday
we shall depart from this earth whether we like it or not.
In the
end, what we actually celebrate today is HOPE. Hope that as we pray for the
dead, they will enter heaven, hope that if they are in heaven, they will pray
for us. Hope that one day, when we too depart, there would be people around
here praying for us.
As we pray
for the dead, even the mere mention of their names evokes in us memories of their
life. That is why today happens to be very sober. A lot of things they said and
did which we have forgotten will now be remembered. Let those good things we
remember about their lives become beautiful homilies for us today.
Let us
Pray:
Lord
Jesus, help me to make it to heaven and my very life be an inspiration to
others after me. Amen.
Good morning.
Be Happy. Live Positive. Have Faith. It is well with you.
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