This is Holy Family School of Faith.

Welcome to our Rosary meditation.

Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for.

Today is the feast of all souls, a day to remind us, as the Catechism says,

that death puts an end to human life as the time open to either accepting

or rejecting the divine grace manifest in Christ.

Each man receives his eternal recompense in his immortal soul at the very moment of death

in a particular judgment that refers his life to Christ.

There are three possible outcomes of our particular judgment,

either immediate entrance into the blessedness of heaven or immediate and everlasting

damnation, but thankfully due to the mercy of God there there is a third possibility, that of purgatory.

All who die in God's grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, indeed assured of their eternal salvation,

but after death they undergo purification

so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven.

This reality is known as purgatory.

The Feast of All Souls is an important reminder that we can help those in

Purgatory more quickly reach heaven by our prayer, especially when we are at mass, and by offering our suffering

for them.

They in turn can help us as we journey toward heaven. This feast of all souls reminds us that we need each

other. So don't forget them. Help them and they will help you.

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