KATANUNGAN TUNGKOL SA HANDAAN AT KAUGALIAN TUWING ALL SAINTS DAY

The Lord Jesus and the Saints

Good day father,

Ask lang po ako father, but po pag-araw nang mga patay, kadalasan especially sa probinsya may handaan pa na nagaganap, at may itatabi pa para daw sa mga kaluluwa.

thank you po father.

God bless you always father.

junbacalando


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Dear Bro. Juneval,

Please bear in mind that Nov. 1 is a FEAST. Yan ay FIESTA in honor of ALL THE SAINTS. So, we celebrate them joyfully. We eat and drink. It's a celebration of a great feast.

Now, it so happened that the following day is ALL SOULS DAY [Nov 2]. So, at the same time we pray for our dead hoping that they too will be given the grace to be in heaven and be included among the saints.

Now, the food being set aside for the dead is NOT a Catholic Doctrine. That is just a pious act of love done by our people. It is just a gesture expressing our love and affection of the beloved departed. We express our intense love that we miss them and we show that even if they are gone here on earth they are still part of our family, of our life and that we still consider them part of our home and food. Just like when a beloved died. Usually we still keep his clothes, we still arrange his bed, we still prepare his room as if he will return soon. It is just a loving expression of deep longing for that beloved. Surely the dead will not be able to eat the food or lay on the bed or enjoy the comfort of the room. We are doing it as expressions of love.

I hope I clarify that matter for you.

Fr. Abe, CRS