This week brings us some great feast days. First, on Tuesday, we celebrate All Saints’ Day— a holy day of obligation when we look with joy and hope to those holy women and men who help us by their prayers and examples on our Christian journey. Please make the time to join us for Mass that day. On Wednesday we follow quickly with All Souls’ Day—the day we pray for our dead, asking God to help them on their next world journey into the company of the saints.

This year we return to very special music for the 7 p.m. All Souls Day Mass—the Mozart Requiem. Many people have worked hard to offer this beautiful music. Remember, this music was written to be heard only in concert halls and on recordings. It was meant for Mass, that place where we encounter the death and resurrection of the Lord and where we entrust the lives of the faithful departed to his powerful mercy and life-giving grace. I know it’s another day of church, but please join us for this evening of prayer and song at the Lord’s table.