All Saints' Day All Saints' Day is a Christian holy day observed by many Western churches on November 1 and by Eastern churches on the first Sunday after Pentecost. The day now honors all saints of the church, even those not known by name. The first All Saints' Day occurred on May 13, 609 (C.E.) when Pope Boniface IV accepted the Pantheon as a gift from the Emperor Phocas. Boniface dedicated it ...

The Lessons Appointed for Use on All Saints' Day Service I Ecclesiasticus 44:1-10, 13-14 Revelation 7:2-4, 9-17 Matthew 5:1-12 Psalm 149 Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord: Give us grace so to follow your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those ineffable joys that you ...

Musical Musings: Solemnities All Saints' Day FRANCIS MERSEMAN Transcribed by Joseph P. Thomas In Gratitude to St. Joseph This article is reprinted here with the kind permission of Kevin Knight, who has undertaken a project to transcribe an online version of the 1907 Catholic Encyclopedia. Liturgical reforms since Vatican II have suppressed the vigil and octave for this feast which are mentioned ...

The Catholic Feasts of All Saints (November 1) and All Souls (November 2) are compared to Halloween and explained.

Our kind sponsors. You are visitor: Charles Spurgeon - All Saints Day Come, my soul, here is a grand feast to begin a dull month with. There may be fogs without, but there should be sunshine within. November 1 Perfection and Preservation Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. (1 Thessalonians 5:24) What will He do He will sanctify us wholly. See the previous verse. He will carry ...