All Saints and All Souls
The beginning of November sees the annual celebration and thanksgiving for all the saints and the commemoration of our loved ones departed. Saints are both those women and men declared by the wider church to be 'saints' and those known to us who have been 'saints' in our lives by their words, love and actions. There is also a poignancy to remembering our departed as for many of us there are more to remember than the year before. None of us live for ever and as we grow older so do our loved ones. One day it will be us...