Today for the Thirty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time we celebrate All Souls’ Day (Commemoration of the Faithful Departed). I looked up commemorate and here is what I found: to serve as a memento or reminder; to honor the memory of; a memorial. In the First Reading from the Book of Wisdom today we hear: “The souls of the just are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them. They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be dead…but they are in peace.”
Just a thought: How will people speak about you, remember you, when you become one of the faithful departed? The way we live has a profound impact on our children (and others around us). Our children will most often live what they see us do rather than doing what they hear us say. The heritage and legacy we leave is so important as it will affect those who come after us for generations.
How will people refer to you and your name in generations to come? Will it be a good reference? Godly grandparents are so important. If you are one, realize that your prayers and your living example—your behavior—are critical to the generations coming after you. Your intercession and life can have a powerful impact on those who know you. If you are a parent, remember how important your actions and decisions are to the future of your children and grandchildren.
Ask yourself: “In the years to come, will people mention my name, and say, ‘Now he or she was a real genuine Christian who walked with the Lord all the days of his or her life.” What would they have to say about any of us? As we celebrate All Souls’ Day today, the Church gives us an opportunity to reflect on our lives, choices and challenges. We hear Jesus in the Gospel today say: “that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life…” What we do matters for the here and the now, and the later.
Keep singing!
“Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful.
May the fire of our devotion light their way.
May the footprints that we leave lead them to believe,
And the lives we live, inspire them to obey.
Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful.”
(These words are in the song “Find Us Faithful,” written by John Mohr, and made popular by Steve Green.)
Elizabeth Dyc
Just a thought: How will people speak about you, remember you, when you become one of the faithful departed? The way we live has a profound impact on our children (and others around us). Our children will most often live what they see us do rather than doing what they hear us say. The heritage and legacy we leave is so important as it will affect those who come after us for generations.
How will people refer to you and your name in generations to come? Will it be a good reference? Godly grandparents are so important. If you are one, realize that your prayers and your living example—your behavior—are critical to the generations coming after you. Your intercession and life can have a powerful impact on those who know you. If you are a parent, remember how important your actions and decisions are to the future of your children and grandchildren.
Ask yourself: “In the years to come, will people mention my name, and say, ‘Now he or she was a real genuine Christian who walked with the Lord all the days of his or her life.” What would they have to say about any of us? As we celebrate All Souls’ Day today, the Church gives us an opportunity to reflect on our lives, choices and challenges. We hear Jesus in the Gospel today say: “that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life…” What we do matters for the here and the now, and the later.
Keep singing!
“Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful.
May the fire of our devotion light their way.
May the footprints that we leave lead them to believe,
And the lives we live, inspire them to obey.
Oh may all who come behind us find us faithful.”
(These words are in the song “Find Us Faithful,” written by John Mohr, and made popular by Steve Green.)
Elizabeth Dyc
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