“Today’s feast invites us to lift our eyes to heaven, the goal of our earthly pilgrimage. There, the festive community of the saints awaits us. There, we will meet our dear departed ones for whom we pray in tomorrow’s solemn liturgical commemoration.
The faithful and families these days visit the cemeteries where the remains of their relatives lie in rest waiting for the final resurrection. I also spiritually return to the tombs of my dear ones which I had the chance to visit during my apostolic journey to Krakow.
On November 2nd, we cannot forget to pray for the souls of the dead whom no one remembers, we should even pray more in their intention and entrust them to Divine Mercy.” – St. John Paul II, November 1, 2002.
