As mentioned above, there are two sets of players involved in the commemoration of the day. Then, on All Souls Day, we will pray for those souls who have struggled on their course to holiness and who may be struggling yet. Not to be forgotten are the unholy souls who died unshriven. These lost souls are commemorated in the revelries of Halloween as ghosts and goblins. But the underlying message is that they need not stay in this state of misery.
Redemption reaches even beyond the grave.
By the prayers of the faithful even these lost spirits can be released from the bondage of sin and join the ranks of the saints in light. A s the Church Year winds to a close, we find ourselves focusing more and more on the events that will close the Age. As the days grow ever shorter we feel a natural dread of the night and the coming winter. Daughters of the King T his venerable parish organization has grown by one new member. Mary Illig was installed as a Daughter at the High Mass on October 25th.