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All Saints’ Day (1 November 2024), All Souls’ Day (2 November 2024) & 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Note: Homilies & Angelus / Regina Caeli of Pope Saint John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI & Pope Francis I had been compiled for you after the Mass Readings below. Happy Reading!
All Saints’ Day, 1 November Mass Readings: See our extracts with pictures @ Encouragements-158 or Encouragements-518. Alternatively, see Mass Readings from EWTN (2023), USCCB, (Christian Art). 8-) Saints’ Commentaries: Matthew Chapter 5 from CATENA AUREA BY SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS.
All Souls’ Day, 2 November Mass Readings are here. Alternatively, see Mass Readings from EWTN, USCCB, (Christian Art). 8-) Saints’ Commentaries: John Chapter 6 from CATENA AUREA BY SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS.
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, 3 November 2024 Mass Readings are here. Alternatively, see Mass Readings from EWTN, USCCB. 8-) Saints’ Commentaries: Mark Chapter 12 from CATENA AUREA BY SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS.
Acknowledgment: We thank the Publisher for allowing us to publish the Mass Readings to be used as reference for Homilies & Angelus / Regina Caeli of Pope Saint John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI & Pope Francis I as a source of God’s encouragements to all of us around the World.
Others: Who Are The Angels? | Venerable Fulton J. Sheen Lesson 44 - Death and Judgement | Venerable Fulton J. Sheen Lesson 45 - Purgatory | Venerable Fulton John Sheen Lesson 46 – Heaven | Venerable Fulton J. Sheen Lesson 47 – Hell | Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
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Homilies, Angelus / Regina Caeli
Angelus, 1 November 1997 – All Saints’ Day
Angelus, 2 November 1997 – All Souls’ Day The Church’s tradition has always recommended prayers for the dead. The basis for this prayer of suffrage is found in the communion of the Mystical Body. As the Second Vatican Council stresses: "In full consciousness of this communion of the whole Mystical Body of Jesus Christ, the Church in her pilgrim members, from the very earliest days of the Christian religion, has honoured with great respect the memory of the dead" (Lumen gentium, n. 50). Therefore she encourages cemetery visits, the care of graves and prayers of suffrage as a witness of confident hope, amid the sorrow of being separated from one’s loved ones. Death is not the last word on human fate, because man is destined for endless life, which finds its fulfilment in God. For this reason, the Council emphasizes: "Faith, with its solidly based teaching, provides every thoughtful man with an answer to his anxious queries about his future lot. At the same time it makes him able to be united in Christ with his loved ones who have already died, and gives hope that they have found true life in God" (Gaudium et spes, n. 18).
With this belief in man’s ultimate destiny, we now turn to Mary, who experienced the drama of Christ’s death at the foot of the Cross and then shared in the joy of his Resurrection. May she, the Gate of Heaven, help us more and more to understand the value of praying for our departed loved ones. May she sustain us each day on our earthly pilgrimage and help us never to lose sight of the ultimate goal of life, which is paradise. Pope Saint John Paul II (Angelus, 2 November 1997)
Angelus, 1 November 1998– All Saints’ Day
Angelus, 1 November 1999– All Saints’ Day
See our extracts with pictures @ Encouragements-158 or 518. 8-)
See our extracts with pictures @ Encouragements-519. 8-)
See our extracts with pictures @ Encouragements-159. 8-) JUBILEE OF GOVERNMENT LEADERS, MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND POLITICIANS
JUBILEE OF GOVERNMENT LEADERS, MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT AND POLITICIANS Before the final blessing, I would like to thank all who helped to organize this Jubilee event. I once again urge everyone to deepen and spread the knowledge of St Thomas More, the new patron of statesmen and politicians. His example is truly most appropriate for this purpose: for Sir Thomas More fully lived his Christian identity in the lay state as a husband, an exemplary father and an enlightened statesman. A man of uncompromising integrity, in order to remain faithful to God and to his own conscience he renounced everything: honours, affection, life itself; but by doing so he acquired the most precious good, the kingdom of heaven, from where he watches over all who dedicate themselves generously to the service of the human family in civil and political institutions.
I cordially greet the government leaders, members of parliament and those responsible for public life who are celebrating their Jubilee, as well as all the French-speaking pilgrims present at this celebration. I hope that everyone will find the strength for his daily mission in a personal encounter with Christ. With my Apostolic Blessing. I greet the English-speaking pilgrims and visitors, especially those taking part in the Jubilee of Government Leaders, Members of Parliament and Politicians. Through the intercession of St Thomas More, may all men and women involved in public life be guided by a concern for the common good and act always in accordance with truth and conscience. Upon you and your families, I invoke the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ. I turn now to the pilgrims from German-speaking countries, especially to the men and women with political responsibilities.
The authority that has been given to you means above all service to people. I wish you always to have a pure heart in your important duties. Respect the dignity of each individual, even if he is socially or economically weak, or in poor health. May God's blessing go with you all! I affectionately greet the Spanish-speaking members of parliament and politicians. May this Jubilee pilgrimage encourage you to set out on new paths of hope which, while fully respecting the dignity of the individual, attend to the material, social and spiritual needs of all citizens. A respectful greeting to the Portuguese-speaking government leaders and politicians, with the assurance of my prayer and blessing, so that your mission of service can fulfil the many hopes placed in you by the poorest and most defenceless citizens. I greet the members of parliament from Poland who are participating in this Jubilee meeting. Your presence today shows that you desire to build your personal life and political activity on the teaching of the Gospel. May the grace of Jesus Christ strengthen you. May the Holy Spirit always accompany you with his light on the path of Christian service to man and to society. God bless you! Pope Saint John Paul II (Angelus, 5 November 2000)
Angelus, 1 November 2001 - All Saints’ Day
Angelus, 1 November 2002 - All Saints’ Day
Angelus, 1 November 2003 – All Saints’ Day
Angelus, 2 November 2003 – All Souls’ Day
Angelus, 1 November 2004 - All Saints’ Day
Angelus, 1 November 2005 - All Saints’ Day
Homily, 1 November 2006 – All Saints’ Day See our compilation with Pictures in Encouragements-519. 8-)
Angelus, 1 November 2006 – All Saints’ Day See our compilation with Pictures in Encouragements-520. 8-)
"With the Spirit who could not die", a Father of the Church wrote, "Christ killed death that was killing man" (Melito of Sardis, On Easter, 66).
The Son of God thus desired to share our human condition to the very end, to reopen it to hope. After all, he was born to be able to die and thereby free us from the slavery of death. The Letter to the Hebrews says: "so that he might taste death for everyone" (Hebrews 2: 9).
Since then, death has not been the same: it was deprived, so to speak, of its "venom". Indeed, God's love working in Jesus gave new meaning to the whole of human existence, and thus transformed death as well. If, in Christ, human life is a "[departure] from this world to the Father" (John 13: 1), the hour of death is the moment when it is concretely brought about once and for all.
Anyone who strives to live as he did, is freed from the fear of death, which no longer shows the sarcastic sneer of an enemy but, as St Francis wrote in his Canticle of the Creature, the friendly face of a "sister" for whom one can also bless the Lord: "Praised be the Lord for our Sister, bodily Death".
Faith reminds us that there is no need to be afraid of the death of the body because, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's [Romans 14: 8]. And with St Paul, we know that even if we are separated from our bodies we are with Christ, whose Risen Body, which we receive in the Eucharist, is our eternal and indestructible dwelling place.
True death, on the other hand, which is to be feared, is the death of the soul which the Book of Revelation calls "the second death" (cf. Revelation 20: 14-15; 21: 8). In fact, those who die in mortal sin without repentance, locked into their proud rejection of God's love, exclude themselves from the Kingdom of life.
Let us invoke from the Lord, through the intercession of Mary Most Holy and of St Joseph, the grace to prepare ourselves serenely to depart this world whenever he may desire to call us, in the hope of being able to dwell for ever with him in the company of the Saints and of our departed loved ones. Pope Benedict XVI (Angelus, 5 November 2006)
Angelus, 1 November 2007 - All Saints’ Day
Angelus, 1 November 2008 - All Saints’ Day See our compilation with Pictures in Encouragements-520. 8-)
Angelus, 2 November 2008 - All Souls’ Day
Angelus, 1 November 2009 – All Saints’ Day Tomorrow, then, is the annual commemoration of All Souls' Day, of all the faithful departed. I would like to invite you to live this occasion in an authentic Christian spirit, that is, in the light that comes from the Paschal Mystery. Christ died and rose again, and has opened for us the way to the house of the Father, the Kingdom of life and peace. Whoever follows Jesus in this life is welcome where he has preceded us. Therefore, as we visit the cemeteries, let us remember that resting in those tombs are merely the mortal remains of our dear ones who await the final resurrection. Their souls, as Scripture tells us, are already "in the hand of God" (Wisdom 3: 1). Thus, the most proper and effective way to honour them is to pray for them, offering acts of faith, hope and charity. In union with the Eucharistic Sacrifice, we can intercede for their eternal salvation, and experience the most profound communion in the expectation of being together, enjoying forever the Love which created and redeemed us.
Dear friends, how beautiful and comforting is the communion of Saints! It is a reality that instils a different dimension into our whole life. We are never alone! We are part of a spiritual "company" where profound solidarity reigns: the good of each one is for the benefit of everyone, and vice versa, common happiness shines on every individual. It is a mystery which, in some measure, we can already experience in this world, in the family, in friendship, and especially in the spiritual community of the Church. May Mary Most Holy help us to walk quickly on the way to holiness, and may she be the Mother of mercy for the souls of the departed. Pope Benedict XVI (Angelus, 1 November 2009)
Angelus, 1 November 2010 - All Saints’ Day
Angelus, 1 November 2011 - All Saints’ Day See our compilation with Pictures in Encouragements-521. 8-)
Angelus, 1 November 2012 – All Saints’ Day
Angelus, 4 November 2012 (31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B) This Sunday’s Gospel (Mark 12:28-34) offers us Jesus’ teaching on the greatest commandment, the commandment of love, which is two-fold: love of God and love of neighbour. The Saints, who we have recently celebrated together in a single solemn Feast are precisely those who, trusting in God’s grace, tried to live according to this fundamental law. In fact, those who live a profound relationship with God, just as a child becomes capable of loving, starting from a good relationship with his mother and father, may put the commandment of love fully into practice. St John of Avila, who I recently proclaimed a Doctor of the Church, writes at the beginning of his Treatise on the Love of God: “the cause”, he says, “that mostly pushes our hearts to love of God is considering deeply the love that He had for us.... This, beyond any benefit, pushes the heart to love; because he who gives something of benefit to another, gives him something he possesses; but he who loves, gives himself with everything he has, until he has nothing left to give” (n. 1). Before being a command — love is not a command — it is a gift, a reality that God allows us to know and experience, so that, like a seed, it can also germinate within us and develop throughout our life. Pope Benedict XVI (Angelus, 4 November 2012)
Homily, 1 November 2013 - All Saints’ Day
Angelus, 1 November 2013 - All Saints’ Day
Homily, 1 November 2014 - All Saints’ Day See our compilation with Pictures in Encouragements-521. 8-)
Angelus, 1 November 2014 - All Saints’ Day See our compilation with Pictures in Encouragements-521. 8-)
Homily, 1 November 2015 – All Saints’ Day “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied”. Yes, those who have a strong sense of justice, and not only toward others, but first of all toward themselves, they will be satisfied, because they are ready to receive the greatest justice, that which only God can give.
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God”. Let us look at the faces of those who go around sowing discord: are they happy? Those who are always seeking occasions to mislead, to take advantage of others, are they happy? No, they cannot be happy. Instead, those who patiently try to sow peace each day, are who artisans of peace, of reconciliation, yes, they are blessed, because they are true children of our Heavenly Father, who sows always and only peace, to the point that he sent his Son into the world as the seed of peace for humanity. Pope Francis I (Homily, 1 November 2015)
Angelus, 1 November 2015 – All Saints’ Day In today’s celebration, the Feast of All Saints, we experience in a special way the reality of the communion of saints, our great family that consists of all members of the Church, both those of us who are still pilgrims on earth, and the immense multitude of those who have already left and gone to Heaven. We are all united, and this is called the “communion of saints”, meaning the community of all baptized people.
In today’s Liturgy, the Book of Revelation refers to an essential characteristic of saints, saying: they are people who belong totally to God. They are presented as an immense multitude of “chosen ones”, dressed in white and marked with the “seal of God” (cf. 7:2-4, 9-14). Through this last detail, with allegorical language, it is emphasized that the saints belong to God fully and exclusively, and that they are his property. What does it means to bear the seal of God in one’s very life and person? The Apostle John again tells us: it means that in Jesus Christ we have truly become children of God (cf. 1 John 3:1-3).
Are we conscious of this great gift? We are all children of God! Do we remember that in Baptism we received the “seal” of our Heavenly Father, and that we became his children? To put it simply: we bear God’s surname, our surname is God, because we are the children of God. Here lies the root of the vocation to holiness! The saints whom we remember today are those who lived in the grace of their Baptism, those who kept the “seal” intact, behaving as children of God, seeking to emulate Jesus; and now they have reached the goal, because they finally “see God as he is”. Pope Francis I (Angelus, 1 November 2015)
Homily, 1 November 2016 - All Saints’ Day
Angelus, 1 November 2016 - All Saints’ Day
Homily, 2 November 2016 - All Souls’ Day
Angelus, 1 November 2017 - All Saints’ Day
Homily, 2 November 2017 - All Souls’ Day
Angelus, 1 November 2018 - All Saints’ Day
Homily, 2 November 2018 - All Souls’ Day
Homily, 2 November 2019—All Souls’ Day
Angelus, 1 November 2019—All Saints’ Day
Angelus, 1 November 2020—All Saints’ Day
Homily, 2 November 2020 - All Souls’ Day
Angelus, 1 November 2021- All Saints’ Day
Commemoration of all the faithful departed (French Military Cemetery, 2 November 2021) —All Souls’ Day
Angelus, 1 November 2022 Angelus Video (American Sign Language), Text. Extracts: See “Mass Readings, Past Homilies and Angelus”. Extracts: Today, we celebrate all the saints, and we might have a misleading impression: we might think we are celebrating those sisters and brothers who in life were perfect, always straight, precise, or rather “starched”. Instead, today's Gospel belies this stereotypical view, this “picture-perfect holiness”. In fact, the Beatitudes of Jesus (cf. Matthew 5:1-12), which are the identity card of saints, show the complete opposite: they speak of a countercultural life, a revolutionary life! The saints are the true revolutionaries.
Let us take, for example, a very topical beatitude: “Blessed are the peacemakers” (v. 9), and we see how the peace of Jesus is very different from that we imagine. We all long for peace, but often what we want is not really peace, it is to be at peace, to be left in peace, to have no problems but to have tranquillity. Jesus, instead, does not call blessed the calm, those who are in peace, but those who make peace and strive to make peace, the constructors, the peacemakers. Indeed, peace must be built, and like any construction it requires effort, collaboration, patience. We would like peace to rain down from above, but instead the Bible speaks of a “sowing of peace” (Zechariah 8:12), because it germinates from the soil of life, from the seed of our heart; it grows in silence, day after day, through works of justice and works of mercy, as the luminous witnesses we are celebrating today show us. Again, we are led to believe that peace comes by force and power: for Jesus it is the opposite. His life and that of the saints tell us that the seed of peace, in order to grow and bear fruit, must first die. Peace is not achieved by conquering or defeating someone, it is never violent, it is never armed. I was watching the television programme “A Sua Immagine” (“In His Image”) – many saints who have fought, have made peace but through work, giving their own lives, offering their lives.
…How is your heart? Is it already demilitarized or is it like that, with those things, with complaint and indifference, with aggression? And how does one demilitarize the heart. By opening ourselves to Jesus, who is “our peace” (Ephesians 2:14); by standing before his Cross, which is the cathedra of peace; by receiving from him, in Confession, “forgiveness and peace”. This is where we begin, because being peacemakers, being saints, is not our ability, they are gifts, it is one of his gifts, and it is grace. Pope Francis I (Angelus, 1 November 2022)
2 November 2022 Holy Mass for deceased Cardinals and Bishops Holy Mass Video, Video (American Sign Language). Homily Text (English) not uploaded yet on 10 November 2022, 13:38 SGT.
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Compiled on 4 November 2018 Last updated: 2 November 2024, 13:38 SGT.
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