Gospel: On #AllSoulsDay we remember all the "faithful departed" who enjoy new life with God.
Often it's hard for people to believe in the afterlife. But Jesus tells his disciples many times, as in today's Gospel (Jn 6); he shows them with the raising of the dead (Lazarus...
Often it's hard for people to believe in the afterlife. But Jesus tells his disciples many times, as in today's Gospel (Jn 6); he shows them with the raising of the dead (Lazarus...
...The Widow of Nain's Son, Jairus's Daughter); and then he reveals it definitively at his own Resurrection.
But you can also think of it this way: God loved us into being and loves us for our whole life. God enters into a loving relationship with us at our conception...
But you can also think of it this way: God loved us into being and loves us for our whole life. God enters into a loving relationship with us at our conception...
… Why would God end that relationship? It makes no sense. God would never end the loving relationship God has with you. Even death cannot end it. Trust in Jesus's promises about what God has in store for believers: eternal life.
Photo: Pope Francis lays a white rose on a grave at the French Military Cemetery before celebrating Mass for the feast of All Souls at the cemetery in Rome Nov. 2. (@CatholicNewsSvc photo/Remo Casilli, @Reuters )
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