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Here’s the logic of this. We are present. Love is present everywhere. So where we are, Love is too. The only time we don’t always feel as if this is true is when we choose a belief that claims we are not present. This belief may appear as our thinking we are not worthy, or we are privileged. Both are only true in the human ego. Let’s give that up shall we. It would be better to feel loved.

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According to a study on death statistics, there are 8 deaths per 1,000 population, 55.3 million people die each year, 151,600 people die each day, 6,316 people die each hour, 105 people die each minute.[1]  Given these figures, if I’ll take the Non-Catholics’ negative impression about the purgatory which is non-existent for them, that would mean that there are 151,600 souls each day who are doomed to perdition, if I’ll base it on Paul’s word that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23), which basically means that humans are all lawbreakers, because sin is the violation of God’s law (1 John 3:40). Sinfulness is the general characteristic of all mankind; humans are all guilty before God. All are sinners by nature and by human's own acts of transgression. If non-Catholics do not believe in the grace of Purgatory (that is why Catholics incessantly pray for all the departed) then all of them who have already faced their death with the sin of lying are candidates to be thrown to hell, as no one in this world has perfectly lived a cleansed life (I supposed) because of lying and lying is alone is not worthy of a homecoming in Heaven.  And the words of Lord Jesus regarding the debtor who is cast into prison affirms that from which he/she shall not go out till he/she has paid the last farthing (Luke 12:59).  If the latter which emphasizes the essence of purgatory is taken, then no Non-Catholics will be saved, if they don’t believe in the Purgatory. Nevertheless, because Catholics believe in the grace of the Purgatory, all non-Catholics may be saved: Had there been but one stiff-neckedperson, it would be a wonder had he gone unpunished. For mercy and anger alike are with Him; He remits and forgives, but also pours out wrath. (Sirach 16:11)  Looking back at the foundations of All Saints and All Souls Day  Both the Feast of All Saints and the Feast of All Souls progressed[2] in the life of the Church independently of paganism and Halloween. However, elements of pagan practices were perhaps "baptized" by certain cultures or attached themselves to the celebration of these two events.  The exact origins of the Feast of All Saints as celebration are indeterminate, although, after the legalization of Christianity in 313, a usual celebration of Saints, particularly the martyrs, emerged in different areas throughout the Church. In the East for example, the city of Edessa commemorated this feast on May 13; the Syrians, on the Friday after Easter; and the city of Antioch, on the first Sunday after Pentecost. St. Ephrem (d. 373) and St. John Chrysostom (d. 407) attest to this feast day in their sermon. In the West, a commemoration for all the saints also was celebrated on the first Sunday after Pentecost. The main objective for instituting a common feast day was brought by the yearning to honor the great number of martyrs, specifically during the persecution of Emperor Diocletion (284-305), the worst and most far-reaching of the torments. The days of the calendar were not enough for a feast day for each martyr and many of them faced death in groups. Hence, a common feast day for all saints had appeared to be the most suitable. In 609, the Emperor Phocas gave the Pantheon in Rome[3] (was defined as a temple to all gods) to Pope Boniface IV, who rededicated it on May 13 under the title St. Maria ad Martyres (St. Mary and All Martyrs). Whether the Holy Father resolutely chose May 13 since the date of the widespread commemoration already established in the East or whether this was just a cheerful coincidence is open to discussion. The designation of November 1 as the Feast of All Saints occurred over time. Pope Gregory III (731-741) dedicated an oratory in the original St. Peter's Basilica in honor of all the saints on November 1 and this date then turned to be the official date for the commemoration of the Feast of All Saints in Rome. St Bede (d. 735) accounted the commemoration of All Saints Day on November 1 in England, which likewise existed in Salzburg. Austria. Ado of Vienna (d 875) recounted how Pope Gregory IV asked King Louis the Pious (778-840) to declare November 1 as All Saints Day all over the Holy Roman Empire. Sacramentaries of the 9th and 10th centuries also placed the Feast of All Saints on the liturgical calendar on November 1. According to an early Church historian, John Beleth, Pope Gregory IV (827-844) officially declared November 1 the Feast of All Saints, moving it from May 13. Conversely, Sicard of Cremona (d. 1215) accounted that Pope Gregory VII (1073-85) decisively suppressed May 13 and assigned November 1 to commemorate the Feast of All Saints. Altogether, the Church could be found establishing a liturgical feast day in honor of the saints free from any pagan-inspired attachment. With regard to the pagan connection: November 1 commemorated Samhain, the beginning of the Celtic winter. (Celts lived as early as 2,000 years ago in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and northern France.) Samhain, where the feast was derived at, was the Celtic lord of death, whose name literally meant "summer's end." In view of the fact that winter is the season of cold, darkness and death, the Celts in next to no time made the connection with human death. The eve of Samhain which was October 31 was a time of Celtic pagan sacrifice and Samhain let the souls of the dead to come back to their earthly homes that evening. Ghosts, goblins, elves and witches appeared to harm the people, especially those who had inflicted mischief on them in this life. Likewise, cats were deemed hallowed because they had once been human beings who had been changed as a retribution for their wicked actions on this earth. So as to safeguard themselves from ravaging evil spirits on the eve of Samhain, the people extinguished their hearth fires and the Druids (the priests and spiritual teachers of the Belts) formed a vast new year's bonfire of sacred oak branches. The latter offered burnt sacrifices (crops, animals, even humans) and decipher futures of the coming year by assessing the remains set to fire. Occasionally, people wore costumes of animal heads and skins. From this new fire, the home hearths were lit once more. Specific ethnic groups formed their own tradition which was combined with the commemoration. In Ireland, people conducted a parade in honor of Muck Olla, a god. They obeyed a leader clothed in a white robe with a mask from the head of an animal, and begged for food. (Ireland could also be traced with the  jack-o'lantern fable: A man named Jack was not able to enter heaven because of his greed and he could not enter hell because he played practical jokes on the devil; so he was doomed to walk the earth with his lantern until Judgment Day.) The Scots walked through fields and villages carrying torches and lit bonfires to defend against witches and other evil spirits. In Wales, every individual put a marked stone in the vast bonfire. Once a individual's stone could not be seen the next morning, he faced his death within a year. Aside from the Celtic traditions in place, the Roman conquest of Britain in AD 43 brought two other pagan feasts namely Feralia was held in late October to honor the dead, and the Autumn which was a festival that honored Pomona, the goddess of fruits and trees.  Perhaps,through the latter festival, apples became linked with Halloween. Elements of these Roman celebrations were merged with the Celtic Samhain. The Catholic Church neither practices paganism By the spread of Christianity and the establishment of All Saints Day, some of these pagan customs continued in the English speaking world for All Hallows Eve (or Halloween, All Saints Eve), possibly more out of superstition at the outset while more out of fun afterwards. However, All Saints Day undoubtedly stem from a genuine Christian devotion. Together with the Feast of All Saints is the occurrence of the Feast of All Souls. The Church has unswervingly emboldened the offering of prayers and Mass for the souls of the faithful departed in Purgatory. At the time of their death, these souls are not impeccably rinsed of venial sin (grave violation of God’s law; it turns man away from God, by preferring an inferior good to Him) or have not atoned for past transgressions, and thereby are deprived of the Beatific Vision. The faithful on earth can give a hand to these souls in Purgatory in attaining the Beatific Vision through their prayers, good works (James 2:17)  and the offering of Mass (2 Maccabees 12:40-46;  Sirach 7:36; Matthew 12:31-32; Luke 12:59; 1 Corinthians 3:14; 1 Corinthians 15:29; 2 Timothy :16-18. Back then, the names of the faithful departed were posted in Church so that the community would recall them in prayer. In the 6th century, the Benedictine monasteries conducted a solemn celebration of departed members at Whitsuntide, the days following Pentecost. In Spain, St. Isidore (d. 636) confirmed to a celebration on the Saturday before Sexagesima Sunday (the second Sunday before Lent, the eighth before Easter in the old calendar). In Germany, Widukind, Abbot of Corvey (d. 980) chronicled a special ceremony for the faithful departed on October 1. St. Odilo, the Abbot of Cluny (d. 1048), decreed for all of the Cluniac monasteries that special prayers be offered and the Office of the Dead chanted for all of the souls in Purgatory on November 2, the day after All Saints. The Benedictines and Carthusians embraced that same devotion, and almost immediately November 2 was espoused as the Feast of All Souls for the entire Church. Other customs have developed over time in the commemoration of All Souls Day. The Dominicans in the 15th century established a custom of each priest offering three Masses on the Feast of All Souls. Pope Benedict XIV in 1748 granted this practice, and it quickly spread throughout Spain, Portugal and Latin America. During World War I, Pope Benedict XV, being aware that the number of war dead and the numerous Masses that could not be accomplished brought by smashed Churches, allowed all priests the privilege of offering three Masses on All Souls Day - for the particular intention, for all of the faithful departed, and for the intentions of the Holy Father. In the Middle Ages, superstitious belief, most likely influenced from Celtic paganism, held that the souls in purgatory appeared on All Souls Day as witches, toads, goblins, etc. to individuals  who did errors against them during their lives on earth. As a result, some ethnic groups also prepared meals for the spirits as peace offerings on this day, practices which are remnants of the Celtic Samhain festivities perhaps. Nevertheless, All Souls Day as well as All Saints Day stemmed from Christian belief and surfaced in this life of the Church through a nourishing spirituality, despite some pagan frills that may have stayed alive and have stayed linked to their commemoration. Personal  Reflection: When an occasion is very tempting to turn nose up at one's odor whether it's physically,emotionally or spiritually, I simply look back on my past (to see how did I smell when I had  no money to take care of my decayed tooth which stenches when I exhaled, to freshen my underarm and foot odor which irritated my fellow beside me, to occasionally skip my jeepney fare because what was left in my pocket was good only for two maximum rides, to sometimes explore to walk a 2-kilometer distance going to the community for the praise and worship because of being jobless, and to irregularly skip meals brought by scarcity  and when I had no tranquility because of sexual immorality and not-so-good relationship with my loved ones) than saying a harsh comment, "you deserve your fate," because God never says so but gives an ample time towards realization. As these realities burst in my head, my conscience is naturally filtered and whispers: If God gives me and the people around me a luxurious time until realizing life's infidelities and physical shortcomings brought by poverty, who am I and these significant others to say that they deserve misfortune and a second life in hell. God simply desires everybody to return to Him, to talk to Him,to kiss Him, to be with Him, Amen! References: [1] Nearly two people die each second (World Birth and Death Rates, Estimated 2011, http://www.ecology.com/birth-death-rates/  [2] Father William Saunders, All Saints and All Souls, http://www.catholiceducation.org/en/culture/catholic-contributions/all-saints-and-all-souls.html [3] Freda Parker, The Pantheon – Rome – 126 AD, Published on May 12, 2009 http://www.monolithic.org/domes-more/the-pantheon-rome-126-ad)

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