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GOSPEL REFLECTION: All Souls' Day Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed  2nd November 2014 by Rev. Fr. Allen Baclor Abadines There is a tinge of sadness in my heart as I reflect on this Sunday's Gospel. This Sunday's Liturgy reminds of us of our loved ones who have passed on before us. We remember whom we love the most and whom we miss the most. When we lose a somebody we love so much,the pain will always linger. We can never move on. We only have to deal with it everyday of our lives. As we celebrate "All Souls Day," we commemorate our departed loved ones. Remembering them is like bringing back all the memories - the time we spent with them, all the joys, the laughter as well as the pains and struggles we've shared with them - all these can never be recreated. And that makes it all the more sad. But I find consolation in the very words of our Lord Jesus in today's Gospel. Jesus said, "Come to me, all you that are weary and a...

St. Therese’s Prayer for All Priests O Jesus, I pray for Your faithful and fervent priests; for Your unfaithful and tepid priests; for Your priests laboring at home or abroad in distant mission fields; for Your tempted priests; for Your lonely and desolate priests; for Your young priests; for Your dying priests; for the souls of Your priests in purgatory. But above all I recommend to You the priests dearest to me: the priest who baptized me, the priests who absolve me from my sins, the priests at whose Masses I have assisted and who gave me Your Body and Blood in Holy Communion; the priests who have taught and instructed me; and all the priests to whom I am indebted in any other way. Jesus, keep them all close to Your heart, and bless them abundantly in time and in eternity. Amen.

Today, we celebrate the feats of All Saints Day. The Catholic Church commemorates all holy men and women of all ages known and unknown. We believe that those who have faith in God who made all things, to his Son, Jesus Christ who give himself for the salvation of mankind, and to the Paraclete who constantly guide each and everyone of us to the path of truth and holiness and persevere up to the last for that said belief by being a living witness will receive eternal life. For centuries, faithful catholics who have walk to that path surely been in the abode of God in heaven. We remember them today as a reminder that heaven is our proper place for the time to come. A clear reminder that there are saints in our midst. It could be our loved ones who have died or a distant relative. i believe that my sister, Mary Joy, who died just days after her birth is now in heaven along with the saints canonically recognized with the Church, of the angels and of God. She is surely one of them praying...