ALL SOULS DAY - 2024

DAILY HOLY MASS READINGS

It is my Father’s will, says the Lord,
that I should lose nothing of all he has given to me,
and that I should raise it up on the last day. JN 6:39

JOB 19:1,23-27a

My Soul's Beloved,

What a great consolation it is to know that after our sojourn in this valley of tears, after being purified in the cleansing furnace of purgatory, we will be granted admittance into our Father's house and we will behold You face to face. In the company of our Blessed Mother and all the saints and angels in heaven, our voices will join with theirs in glorious hymns of worship, praise, and thanksgiving eternally.

Thank You, Lord, that we are carved on the Rock forever. Thank You, Lord, that You will never forsake those whose names are carved on the palm of Your Hands. Thank You, Lord, that You make intercession for us night and day before Your Father. Thank You, Beloved, for the hope we have in Your glorious Name.

This I know: that my Avenger lives,
and he, the Last, will take his stand on earth.
After my awaking, he will set me close to him,
and from my flesh I shall look on God.

PSALMS 129(130)

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord.

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord,
Lord, hear my voice!
O let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my pleading.

If you, O Lord, should mark our guilt,

Lord, who would survive?
But with you is found forgiveness:
for this we revere you.

My soul is waiting for the Lord.

I count on his word.
My soul is longing for the Lord
more than watchman for daybreak.
(Let the watchman count on daybreak
and Israel on the Lord.)

Because with the Lord there is mercy

and fullness of redemption,
Israel indeed he will redeem
from all its iniquity.

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord.

1 CORINTHIANS 15:51-57

My Soul's Beloved,'

I can never thank You enough for the saving work that You wrought on the Cross for Your people. The Father so loved us that He sent You into the world, not to condemn us poor sinners, but to redeem us, to save us, to give us a future and hope. We were all bound for eternal death but You, O Lord, in humility and obedience to Your Father's will, became incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and took on Yourself our shame, our punishment, our death, and made reparation for the sins of the whole world.

We now can hope for eternal joy because You paid the price. Thank You, Lord. Thank You, for the gift of Your Holy Spirit who helps us in our weakness. Thank You for the channels of grace made available to us through Sacraments. Thank You, Lord, that in the end, after we are purified in the cleansing fires of purgatory, we will put on immortality. Thank You for the joy that awaits us when we behold You, our Lord and Savior, and rejoice and exult in Your Presence forever.

I will tell you something that has been secret: that we are not all going to die, but that we shall all be changed.

When this perishable nature has put on imperishability, and when this mortal nature has put on immortality, then the words of scripture will come true: Death is swallowed up in victory. Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting? Now the sting of death is sin, and sin gets its power from the Law. So let us thank God for giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

JOHN 5:24-29

My Soul's Beloved,

Hear the prayers of Your faithful for the unfaithful. What good is heaven, Beloved, if even a single member of Your Body, is torn apart from You. You have assured us that there will be no more tears, no more sadness only joy as we are gathered together and belong to the glorious crowd of witnesses who have washed their robes in the Blood of the Lamb. 

I know that You will hear the prayers of Your faithful. Just as the Father always hears Your prayers, You always hear our prayers. I believe, Lord that in the end, not one of Your sheep will be lost for You assure us that all that the Father has entrusted to  Your care, You will save. Those whose souls are dead in sin, those who have walked away from the path of righteousness because we are all weak and frail and all have fallen short of the glory of God, we know that neither You will rest, nor Your Mother Mary and is ours as well will rest until of us who are God's children and hers too are saved.

I tell you most solemnly,
the hour will come – in fact it is here already –
when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God,
and all who hear it will live.
For the Father, who is the source of life,
has made the Son the source of life;
and, because he is the Son of Man,
has appointed him supreme judge.
Do not be surprised at this,
for the hour is coming when the dead will leave their graves
at the sound of his voice:
those who did good will rise again to life;
and those who did evil, to condemnation.