Prayer

All Saints and All Souls Day

On November 1, we celebrate the Feast of All Saints, a special day to remember the many saints who showed God’s love through their words and actions. Saints weren’t perfect people; in fact they faced challenges just like we do, but they showed courage, kindness, and faith in the way they lived their everyday lives.

On November 2, we celebrate the Feast of All Souls, a time to remember and pray for all those who have died. Some of these people may be known only to God, while others are family members, friends, and loved ones who have inspired us through their love and goodness. We give thanks for their lives and trust that they are now at peace with God.

Let us pray: 

Lord God, 

we remember with love all those who have died.

We ask for the support of all your saints, 

who by their persistence and example

have shown us how to live and love in Your ways.  

Give us strength to cope with the daily routines that wear us down.  

Help us to act as your witnesses 

when we respond to each other with love, 

not with impatience, carelessness, rudeness or fear. 

In your love, we can find our way forward into your promised heaven.   

We ask this together through Christ our Lord, Amen.