Many associate this month, now almost over, with those people who have passed on before us; and as soon as the second of November goes by many start visiting the resting place of relatives and loved ones alike – people set fresh flowers, and candles are never lacking. There was once a guy who cynically commented that during this period some individuals take more care of the gravesite than of the deceased while still alive!
However this month also starts off with another important feast: All Saints’ Day. I’ve tried to read up on saints this particular month and believe you me – if I tell you there’re a lot of saints, it’d be a serious understatement! I think that you’ve probably heard, like I have, someone talking about this fact as if it were an oddity of the Church, something for the kids or otherwise some kind of weird obsession. There are even those who comment that the Church has become a Saint-factory, with one canonisation after the next… (When I actually hear this reflection I always appeal to myself with an “If only!”; if only everyone who came into contact with the Church became saintly!).
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