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Oct 31, 2025 Dive into the significance of All Souls' Day and discover why we pray for the dead. Explore how prayers maintain relationships with those we've lost and how memories shift over time, revealing deeper connections. Learn about tracking anniversaries and the Remembrance Cards feature to nurture these bonds. Plus, hear about the insightful writing of Dom Aelred Watkin, highlighting themes of death, resurrection, and judgment, now available in audio installments. A heartfelt exploration of life, death, and enduring connections awaits!
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All Souls Versus All Saints
- All Souls is a dimmer, more melancholy counterpart to the brilliance of All Saints.
- Martin Kohansky urges feeling theological truths in the heart, not only knowing them in the mind.
Maccabees Example For Praying For The Dead
- The Maccabees episode shows soldiers wearing pagan amulets and Judas offering sacrifice for them.
- The editor explains this action only makes sense if the dead rise again, supporting prayer for the dead.
Death, Will, And Purification
- At death we get the will's choice but may still carry encrusting vices that need purging.
- Kohansky explains prayers help remove those attachments so the person can be fully ready for heaven.
