The Command to Love Our Neighbor Extends to the Dead Also! All Souls’ Day Reflections . . .
Fr. Hugh Gillespie, SMM
The Command to Love Our Neighbor Extends to the Dead Also! All Souls’ Day Reflections and What Jesus Tells Us!
Jesus Tells Us What Love Really Is! Its impact on Our Spiritual Life!
Love is the very essence of living in communion with God. In today’s Gospel, the Lord is asked what is the greatest of commandments. Out of all the commandments, Jesus tells us the two most important. And they both center around Love.
We often think love involves only the heart. But Jesus tells us Love involves more than the heart. Hear more within the Homily. Hear what Jesus tells us and what it means within our spiritual life.
All Souls Day Reflections
As we begin November (Nov. 2nd) we celebrate the Feast of All Souls. We all have experienced a reality – the loss of family members or friends. We have all been saddened by this loss. Based on our own experience, we can have conflicting feelings for those who have gone before us.
For some of us, having spent so much time with a loved one who has past, we may feel like we do not know how to move forward. It feels final.
The command to love our neighbor extends to the dead too. Not just the living. Listen to this Meditation Media.
All Souls Day: Bohemia Painter: Jakub Schikaneder: 1888
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The Handout referenced within the Homily may be found in a pdf. Select this link to display.
The Command to Love Our Neighbor Extends to the Dead Also! All Souls’ Day Reflections and What Jesus Tells Us!
