On November 2nd, we pray for the dead

2 November 2021

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Send by mail Imprimer

On November 2nd, we pray for the dead. Let us all be in communion and pray for the dead. It is neither too late nor ever useless to do so.

On November 2nd, we pray for the dead. For what reason does the Church celebrate on that specific day, the commemoration of the faithful departed, and better known as “All Souls Day”? St. Odilon (942 – 1049), Abbot of famous Cluny Abbey, initiated the Mass for the dead on November 2nd, the day following All Saints Day. Here at the shrine of Montligeon, his statue can be observed atop the South transept of the basilica.

On November 1st, we contemplate Heaven and all the Saints who are in God’s presence.

On November 2nd, we pray for the dead. On that particular day, priests are exceptionally allowed to celebrate three Eucharists for the deceased.

We know it’s neither too late nor ever useless to pray for the dead.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Most read posts

Notre-Dame Libératrice

Prayer to Our Lady of Montligeon

Our Lady of Deliverance, Have compassion on all our departed,Especially those who are most in need of the Lord’s mercy.Intercede for all those who have gone before usAnd may the purifying love of God lead them to full deliverance.May our prayer, united with the prayer […]

Read post

Resurrection, reincarnation, what’s the difference?

Reincarnation or metempsychosis are trendy in our Western societies. These beliefs steeped in Buddhism and Hinduism confess an afterlife and a righteousness that rewards our acts at the end of our earthly life. This assertion is shared by the Christian faith in the resurrection. However, […]

Read post

To see also

Inscription à
la fraternité

>

Continue reading

Joyeux Noël et sainte année 2024

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2024

Il est là, le cadeau de Noël : un Dieu qui m’aime au-delà de tout ce que je peux imaginer et qui veut me donner sa paix. À tous, bonne fête de Noël !

Lire l'article
La rencontre avec Christian Layral à Montligeon

What brought a former drug-addicted partygoer to Montligeon ?

What brought Christian Layral, a former drug-addicted partygoer, to Montligeon? Watching this man with a neatly combed white beard pray for hours a day in the basilica, how hard to imagine his journey to conversion.

Lire l'article
Peut-on changer d'avis en enfer ? Don Thomas Lapenne

Can one change one’s mind once in hell?

Can the damned, the very people whom, in our imagination, are roasting in the fires of hell, change their mind after all? Find out more with Rev. Fr. Thomas Lapenne who refreshes a few truths on what hell is about, and how the dramatic possibility of ending there out of one’s free will engages one’s responsibility in one’s daily life.

Lire l'article
Subscribe to the newsletter