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2 Nov

2nd NOVEMBER: ALL SOULS' DAY (THE COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED)

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1. By purgatory, no more is meant than a middle state of souls; viz., of purgation from sin by temporary chastisements, or a punishment of some sin inflicted after
#AllSoulsDay #purgatory

2. death, which is not eternal.

As to the place, manner, or kind of these sufferings, nothing has been defined by the Church,it is interwoven with the fundamental articles of the Christian faith.

For, as eternal torments are the portion of all souls which
#faith #Christian

3. depart this life under the guilt of mortal sin, and everlasting bliss of those who die in a state of grace, so it is an obvious consequence that among the latter, many souls may be defiled with lesser stains, and cannot enter immediately into the joy of the Lord.

#Afterlife

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1 Nov

ALL SAINTS

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1. The Church in this great festival honours all the saints. It is an image of that eternal great feast which God himself continually celebrates in heaven with all his saints, whom we humbly join in praising his adorable goodness
#AllSaintsDay #AllSaints

2. for all his mercies.

In this and all other festivals of the saints, God is the only object of supreme worship.

To what an immense height of immortal glory has he raised the saints! and by what means? His grace conducted them by humility, patience, charity, and penance,

3. through ignominies, torments, pains, sorrows, mortifications, and temptations to joy and bliss, by the cross to their crowns.

And casting their crowns before his throne they give to him all the glory of their triumphs. "His gifts alone in us he crowns."

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31 Oct

ST QUINTIN, MARTYR - 31st OCTOBER

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1. St Quintin [d. A.D. 287] was a Roman, descended of a senatorian family, and is called by his historian the son of Zeno.

Full of zeal for the kingdom of Jesus Christ, St Quintin staid at Amiens, endeavouring by #StQuintin #Oct31

2. his prayers and labours to make that country a portion of our Lord’s inheritance.

God made him powerful in words and works, and his discourses were accompanied by great numbers of miracles, and illustrated and enforced by a most holy and mortified life.

In the year 286,

3. Rictius Varus, prefect of the praetorium, heard of the great progress the Christian faith had made at Amiens, and ordered St Quintin to be seized, and assailed his constancy by subjecting him to tortures.

The holy martyr, strengthened by Him whose cause he defended,

#Jesus

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29 Oct

ST MARCELLUS THE CENTURION, MARTYR - 30th OCTOBER

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1. The birthday of the emperor Maximian Herculeus was celebrated in the year 298, with extraordinary feasting and solemnity. Pompous sacrifices to the Roman gods
made a considerable part
#StMarcellus #Oct30 #Christian

2. of this solemnity.

Marcellus, a Christian centurion or captain of the legion of Trajan, then posted in Spain, not to defile himself with taking part in those impious abominations, cast away his military belt at the head of his company, declaring aloud that he was
#Jesus

3. a soldier of Jesus Christ, the eternal King. The soldiers informed Anastasius Fortunatus, prefect of the legion, by whose order Marcellus was committed to prison.

When the festival was over, this judge ordered Marcellus to be brought before him, and asked him what he meant

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29 Oct

BL. CHIARA BADANO -29th OCTOBER

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1. Chiara Badano was born in Sassello, in the province of Savona (Diocese of Acqui), a very longed-for child, to Maria Teresa Caviglia and Ruggero Badano on October 29, 1971. When Chiara was in the third grade at school #ChiaraBadano

2. she came in contact with the Focolare Movement, founded by Chiara Lubich, which changed her life. Since then, Chiara used to say, "I must give Jesus with my conduct." At the age of sixteen, Chiara felt called to the missions.

She was diagnosed with a malignant bone tumour

3. at the age of seventeen.

Then the pilgrimage to the hospitals of Turin began, a real via crucis. Her chemotherapy and radiotherapy sessions Chiara offered up in union with Christ on Calvary.

She abandoned herself and the illness gradually became marginal for her,

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26 Oct

ST ELESBAAN, KING AND CONFESSOR - 27th OCTOBER

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1. St Elesbaan was king of the Axumite, who were a powerful 6th century nation, during the reign of Justin the Elder. The mildness and prudence of his government was a sensible
#StElesbaan #Oct27 #Saint #Christ #Christian

2. proof how great a blessing a people enjoy in a king who is free from inordinate passions and selfish views, to gratify which princes so often become tyrants.

This good king, however, was obliged to engage in a war. But his motives were justice and God's glory; and the

3. exaltation of both was the fruit of his victory.

Dunaan, a Jew who had usurped the sovereignty in Arabia Felix, persecuted the Christians.

The Emperor Justin the Elder engaged St Elesbaan to transport his forces into Arabia, and drive away the usurper Dunaan.

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