Wednesday, November 02, 2005
All Souls Day
I found out this morning that we don't celebrate "All Souls Day" anymore. It's been changed to "The Faithful Departed." When did that happen? Who's bright idea was it to suddenly exclude all the unfaithful departed? Somebody that doesn't read his Bible the same way I do. In our Community, we make up a list to be read at Mass of all our dead friends and relatives that we want to remember and pray for… My own list included a lot of people that I have no idea if they were faithful or not. And, recognizing my own bouts with unfaithfulness, who am I to judge? God is in charge of all that.
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Even the Church has become PC ...
One of the things I always found "bothersome" about organized religion is the exclusion of those not in "their" pew, so to speak. With the "Faithful" designation, no one aplies...probably makes for a short service.
Maybe it's the church's way of being "politically correct" - - B
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