tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16185910560920602.post2382386693700777074..comments2024-03-16T16:09:35.045+11:00Comments on Saints Will Arise: Commemoration of All Hallows EveKate Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01000040465724868745noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16185910560920602.post-71764214889938177692010-10-31T13:46:02.436+11:002010-10-31T13:46:02.436+11:00Thanks for these notes on how to do the commemorat...Thanks for these notes on how to do the commemoration and your other comments, Terra.<br /><br />I remember as a young child in the late 50's early 60's (pre VII) the prevailing sense of the importance, holiness and solemnity of the feasts of All Saints and All Souls. <br /><br />We also regularly were reminded of the souls in Purgatory and the need to pray for them diligently.<br /><br />Our school also always had an All Saints party, where we all dressed up as saints. It really made an impression on me as a child that the saints were *real* and could be imitated and called upon.<br /><br />We are impoverished in these days for the lack of emphasis on these teachings , and it is rightly said that without a vision, the people perish.titusnoreply@blogger.com