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WHY DO WE CELEBRATE ALL SAINTS DAY ?
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The eve of "All Saints Day" is known as All Hallows Eve, or Halloween. Halloween is the eve of Hallowmas, better known to contemporary Christians as "All Saints Day" officially celebrated on November 1st. Hallowmas the evening of October 31st, begins the celebration of God's harvesting into heaven the faithful of every age, culture and walk of life. It is traditionally a day of glorious rejoicing and the celebrating of all saints, known and unknown.
WHO ARE THE SAINTS..?
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Saints are people who, by their joyful service, have extended the love of God to others. The list of the saints officially honored by the church, contains over 10,000 names and those are only the saints we know of. "All Saints Day" also remembers those holy people whom no one but God any longer knows. The reading of this day from Revelation describes "A great multitude that no one can count..." This abundant harvest of souls is perfectly suited to observance in late autumn. This is why "All Saints Day" and Halloween are brightened with corn stocks, pumpkins, apples, nuts and other signs of nature's bounty.
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ORIGINS OF ALL SAINTS DAY
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Christians have been honoring their Saints and Martyrs since at least the second century AD. The Martyrdom of Polycarp, written near the middle of the second century, attests to this historical fact. Initially the calendars of Saints and Martyrs churches honored their own local saints, however gradually feast days became more accepted and universal. The first reference to a general feasts "Celebrating All Saints" occurs in St Ephrem the Syrian AD 373 and St. John Chrysostom AD 407 and are assigned as a day to the feast, and in the Eastern Churches the feast is celebrated to this day. In the West, this celebration feast date was eventually moved to May with the current day observance taking place on November 1st originating from the time of Pope
Gregory III. AD 741
In the celebration of the Saints we are petitoned to acknowledge the presence of the Saints and ask them to pray for us in the memory of our dearly departed Souls leading to their continued care in the Communion of Saints. Every evening prayers are said for the beloved souls while blessed candles burn out of respect and honor for the holy souls.
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ALL SAINTS DAY HISTORY
The challenge of sainthood is to go wherever Love takes me...
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The American tradition of Halloween's ghost and goblin madness comes from Celtic lands, where the spirits of the dead were believed to roam the earth for one night before winter began. In an attempt to ward off their fears of the supernatural, people sat around huge bonfires, telling stoires and sharing the fruits of the harvest. This is the lineage which has led to the commercialization of costumes, ghosts, and trick or treating. However this Hallowed eve is more than just dressing up and getting candy.
For many Central and Latin Americans, this holy day is celebrated as the "Day of the Dead", or Dia de Muertos and is a "Celebration of Life..." This tradition is still honored with a party where everyone brings food and desserts to the cemetery as a way to remind people of life after death. The families of the dead prepare the favorite meals of the dearly departed and make a special bread to bring to the cemetery. This special bread is configured in the shape of little people and used with other offerings to remind the participants that they and their memories of the departed are alive..." The Day of the Dead celebration is a totally different way to look at Halloween and explains why skulls and skeletons are seen today although the original celebration had nothing to do with fear and horror.
Halloween also evolved from the Druid belief that on the eve of November 1st demons, witches, and evil spirits roamed the earth to greet the arrival of the winter season, with it's long nights and early darkness. They were beleived to have fun frightening and playing tricks on humans. The only way humans could escape this torment would be to offer food and sweets to these demons, or try to escape by disguising themselves as one of the creatures and joining the festivities.
The Christian feast of "All Hallows Eve," does not celebrate Halloween, but rather "All Saints Day" and "All Souls Day..." For Roman Catholics, "All Saints Day", is a holy day of obligation. Just as in the Day of the Dead celebration, the devoted in many countries including the USA visit the graves of family, relatives and friends on the morning or afternoon of "All Saints Day." During this Holyday we are petitoned to acknowledge the presence of the saints and ask them to pray for us in the memory of our dearly departed Souls leading to their continued care in the Communion of Saints. The Roman Catholic church devotes the eight days after "All Saints Day" to special prayer. This 8-day period is called Soul Nights, or Seelennachte. Every evening prayers are said for the beloved souls while blessed candles burn out of respect and honor for the holy souls.
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ALL SAINTS FEAST & HOLY DAYS CALENDAR
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Holy Feast Day Date & Honored Saint
November 30
~St. Andrew the Apostle
December 3
~St. Francis Xavier
December 6
~St. Nicholas of Myra
December 7
~St. Ambrose
December 8
~The Immaculate Conception
December 11
~Pope Damasus I
December 12
~Our Lady of Guadalupe
December 13
~St. Lucy
December 14
~St. John of the Cross
December 21
~St. Thomas the Apostle
December 26
~St. Stephen
December 27
~St John the Apostle
December 28
~Holy Innocents
January 4
~St. Elizabeth Seton
January 18
~The Confession of Peter
January 21
~St. Agnes
January 22
~St. Vincent of Saragossa
January 24
~St. Francis de Sales
January 18-25
~Christian Unity Day
January 25
~The Conversion of St Paul
January 26
~Sts. Timothy and Titus
January 28
~St. Thomas Aquinas
February 3
~St. Blaise
February 3
~St. Anskar
February 5
~St. Agatha
February 10
~St. Scholastica
February 11
~Our Lady of Lourdes
February 24
~St. Matthias
March 12
~St. Gregory the Great
March 17
~St. Patrick of Ireland
March 18
~St. Cyril of Jerusalem
March 19
~St. Joseph
March 25
~The Annunciation
April 25
~St. Mark the Apostle
April 29
~St. Catherine of Siena
May 14
~St. Matthias
May 31
~The Visitation of Mary
May 31
~Immaculate Heart of Mary
June 1
~St. Justin Martyr
June 5
~St. Boniface
June 11
~St. Barnabas
June 13
~St. Anthony of Padua
June 19
~St. Romuald
June 22
~St. Alban
June 24
~Nativity of John the Baptist
June 29
~St. Peter the Apostle
June 29
~St. Paul the Apostle
July 3
~St. Thomas the Apostle
July 11
~St. Benedict of Nursia
July 15
~St. Bonaventure
July 22
~Mary Magdalene
July 29
~St. Martha
July 31
~St. Ignatius of Loyola
August 4
~St. John Vianney
August 6
~Transfiguration of Christ
August 8
~St. Dominic
August 10
~St. Laurence
August 11
~St. Clare of Assisi
August 12
~St. Jane Frances De Chantal
August 15
~The Assumption of Mary
August 20
~St. Bernard of Clairvaux
August 21
~Pope Pius X
August 22
~Queenship of Mary
August 24
~St. Bartholomew
August 27
~St. Monica
August 28
~St. Augustine
September 3
~St. Gregory the Great
September 8
~The Nativity of Mary
September 14
~Holy Cross
September 15
~Our Lady of Sorrows
September 17
~St. Hildegard of Bingen
September 21
~St. Matthew the Apostle
September 23
~St. Pio of Pietrelcina
September 25
~St. Sergius of R�donezh
September 26
~Sts. Cosmas and Damian
September 27
~St. Vincent de Paul
September 29
~St. Michael and All Angels
September 30
~St. Jerome
October 1
~St. Therese of Lisieux
October 2
~Guardian Angels
October 4
~St. Francis of Assisi
October 6
~St. Bruno
October 6
~St. Marie-Rose Durocher
October 7
~Our Lady of the Rosary
October 15
~St. Teresa of Avila
October 17
~St. Ignatius of Antioch
October 18
~St. Luke the Apostle
October 20
~Paul of the Cross
October 23
~St. John of Capistrano
October 24
~St. Anthony
October 28
~Sts. Simon and Jude
November 1
~All Saints Day
November 2
~All Souls Day
November 3
~St. Martin
November 4
~St. Charles Borromeo
November 11
~St. Martin of Tours
November 13
~St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
November 15
~St. Albert the Great
November 19
~St. Elizabeth of Hungary
November 21
~Presentation of Mary
November 22
~St. Cecilia
November 30
~St. Andrew the Apostle
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PRAYERS TO THE SAINTS
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As mentioned, Halloween (All Hallows Eve) is the Eve of All Saints Day, therefore "All Saints Day Prayers" are most appropriate for this feast celebrating the Saints. Since Halloween has a history of mischief making, these All Saints Day Prayers are focused on calling forth the sacred and for good to conquer the profane and evil. These All Saints Day Prayers are Christian, Catholic and Orthodox in origin.
"I invite each of you to join me in the following Prayer and Contemplation during this most Sacred of Seasons..."
Prayer to be Delivered from all Evil
adapted from the Liturgy of Saint James
Sanctify, O Lord,
our souls, minds, and bodies.
Touch our minds
and search out our consciences.
Cast out from us every evil thought,
Every impure idea,
every base desire and memory,
Every unseemly word,
all envy, pride and hypocrisy,
Every lie, every deceit,
every worldly temptation,
All greed, all vainglory,
all wickedness, all wrath,
All anger, all malice,
all blasphemy, and all sloth,
Every movement of flesh and spirit
That is alien to the will of your holiness.
And enable us to turn to You,
Master, Lord who loves humankind,
To call upon you
with boldness and without condemnation,
With a pure heart, a contrite soul,
a face unashamed,
and with lips that are sanctified
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Prayer to God for our Protection
adapted from the Book of Occasional Services, Episcopal Church
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O merciful and mighty God,
Your Son Jesus Christ
was born of the Blessed Virgin Mary
to bring us salvation
and to establish Your kingdom on earth.
Grant that Michael and all Your angels
may defend Your people
against Satan and every evil foe,
and that at last
we may come to that heavenly country
where Your saints forever sing Your praise.
Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
All Saints Eve Prayer
adapted from the Liturgy of the Hours
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Father,
All-Powerful and Ever-Living God,
Today we rejoice in the holy men and women
of every time and place
May their prayers bring us your forgiveness and love
We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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A Prayer to receive Saintly Grace
adapted from the Gothic Missal
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Almighty and Everlasting God,
who dost enkindle the flame of Thy love
in the hearts of the saints,
grant unto us the same faith and power of love;
that, as we rejoice in their triumphs
we may profit by their examples,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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A Catholic Prayer in Praise of the Saints
Unknown author, 10th century
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How shining and splendid are your gifts, O Lord
which you give us for our eternal well-being
Your glory shines radiantly in your saints, O God
In the honour and noble victory of the martyrs.
The white-robed company follow you,
bright with their abundant faith;
They scorned the wicked words
of those with this world's power.
For you they sustained
fierce beatings, chains, and torments,
they were drained by cruel punishments.
They bore their holy witness to you
who were grounded deep within their hearts;
they were sustained by patience and constancy.
Endowed with your everlasting grace,
may we rejoice forever
with the martyrs in our bright fatherland.
O Christ, in your goodness,
grant to us the gracious heavenly realms of eternal life.
Litany of the Saints Prayer
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This prayer normally said in a congregation of believers, has the prayer said by a Priest or Minister and the responses which are posted in ( parenthesis ) said by the congregation. If this prayer is said by an individual the sections posted in ( parenthesis ) below may be said mentally or inaudibly by the petitioner of this prayer.
Lord, have mercy on us. (Lord have mercy on us)
Christ, have mercy on us. (Christ have mercy on us)
Lord, have mercy on us. (Lord, have mercy on us)
Christ, hear us. (Christ, hear us)
Christ, graciously hear us. (Christ, graciously hear us)
God the Father of Heaven, (have mercy on us)
God the Son, Redeemer of the world, (have mercy on us)
God the Holy Spirit, (have mercy on us)
Holy Trinity, one God, (have mercy on us)
Holy Mary, Holy Mother of God, (pray for us)
Holy Virgin of virgins,
St. Michael, St. Gabriel, St. Raphael,
All you holy Angels and Archangels,
All you holy orders of blessed Spirits,
St. John the Baptist, St. Joseph,
All you holy Patriarchs and Prophets,
St. Peter,
St. Paul,
St. Andrew,
St. James,
St. John,
St. Thomas,
St. James,
St. Philip,
St. Bartholomew,
St. Matthew,
St. Simon,
St. Thaddeus,
St. Matthias,
St. Barnabas,
St. Luke,
St. Mark,
All you holy Apostles and Evangelists,
All you holy Disciples of the Lord,
All you holy Innocents,
St. Stephen,
St. Lawrence,
St. Vincent,
SS. Fabian and Sebastian,
SS. John and Paul,
SS. Cosmas and Damian,
SS. Gervase and Protase,
All you holy Martyrs,
St. Sylvester,
St. Gregory,
St. Ambrose,
St. Augustine,
St. Jerome,
St. Martin,
St. Nicholas,
All you holy Bishops and Confessors,
All you holy Doctors,
St. Anthony,
St. Benedict,
St. Bernard,
St. Dominic,
St. Francis,
All you holy Priests and Levites,
All you holy Monks and Hermits,
St. Mary Magdalen,
St. Agatha,
St. Lucy,
St. Agnes,
St. Cecilia,
St. Catherine,
St. Anastasia,
All you holy Virgins and Widows,
All you holy Saints of God, (make intercession for us)
Be merciful, (spare us, O Lord)
Be merciful, (graciously hear us, O Lord)
From all evil, O Lord (deliver us)
From all sin,
From Your wrath,
From sudden and unlooked for death,
From the snares of the devil,
From anger, and hatred, and every evil will,
From the spirit of fornication,
From lightning and tempest,
From the scourge of earthquakes,
From plague, famine and war,
From everlasting death,
Through the mystery of Your holy Incarnation,
Through Your Coming,
Through Your Birth,
Through Your Baptism and holy Fasting,
Through Your Cross and Passion,
Through Your Death and Burial,
Through Your holy Resurrection,
Through Your admirable Ascension,
Through the coming of the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
In the day of judgment.
We sinners, (We implore you to hear us)
That You would spare us,
That You would pardon us,
That You would bring us to true penance,
That You would vouchsafe
to govern and preserve Your holy Church,
That You would vouchsafe
to preserve our Apostolic Prelate,
and all orders of the Church in holy religion,
That You would vouchsafe
to humble the enemies of holy Church.
That You would vouchsafe
to give peace and true concord
to Christian kings and princes,
That You would vouchsafe
to grant peace and unity to the whole Christian world,
That You would call back to the unity of the Church
all who have strayed from her fold,
and to guide all unbelievers
into the light of the Gospel.
That You would vouchsafe
to confirm and preserve us in Your holy service,
That You would lift up our minds to heavenly desires,
That You would render eternal blessings to all our benefactors,
That You would deliver our souls, and the souls of our brethren,
relations, and benefactors, from eternal damnation.
That You would vouchsafe
to give and preserve the fruits of the earth,
That You would vouchsafe
to grant eternal rest to all the faithful departed,
That You would vouchsafe
graciously to hear us.
Son of God,
Lamb of God,
who takes away the sins of the world,
(spare us, O Lord)
Lamb of God,
who takes away the sins of the world,
(graciously hear us, O Lord)
Lamb of God,
who takes away the sins of the world,
(have mercy on us)
Christ, (hear us)
Christ, (graciously hear us)
Lord, have mercy, (Lord, have mercy)
Christ, have mercy, (Christ, have mercy)
Lord, have mercy, (Lord, have mercy)
Finally say the Our Father inaudibly
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