Dear Parishioners,

At this time of year, in the Church’s liturgical cycle as well as the cycle of nature, we are invited to contemplate the mystery of death. While trees shed their leaves and the hours of night lengthen, the Church’s commemorations of All Saints, All Souls and the triumph of Christ the King, put before us the inevitable reality that life, as we know it now, will end. Throughout this journey of life, death is our unseen companion, and if we can learn to befriend, rather than fear it, when death finally comes in its fullness, we will be able to welcome it as a rebirth – a homecoming into heaven.

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