Happy All Saints' Day!

Two of the nicest feast days of the year are All Saints and All Souls. I like the way they follow each other and concentrate on the souls that have attained the glory of Heaven and the ones who are still awaiting that great day for themselves. Hey, I'm aiming for Heaven but will be very happy to reach Purgatory and finish off the purification process! You have to aim high lest you fall short and that would be a long, long fall from grace.

All Saints' Day is where we honor all the saints in Heaven. And, yes, everyone who reaches Heaven is a saint of some level. I think the most interesting part of getting to Heaven will be seeing who is there that you know and who is missing. I imagine there will be lots of surprises on the final Judgment Day!

Our Souls' Day is a good time to remember that the poor souls in Purgatory cannot do anything for themselves but rely on the prayers and sacrifices of we still on earth. We may well be in the same situation some day. I always try and remember to pray for the poorest poor soul in Purgatory, the one that has no one left on earth to pray for them.

We are had relatively quiet Halloween evening, last night. It was  kind of funny . . . The budget really didn't allow for buying a bunch of Halloween candy. One, we never get a crowd and, two, we don't want the leftover temptations in the house the next day! We did, however, have a multitude of granola bars and Fiber One bars in the house. When you get a deal at the warehouse stores, you might pay an extremely reasonable price but you get a ton of stuff for the money. We had a huge, plastic container of such bars and were getting very tired of them. We decided to give them out yesterday. Oh, my goodness! The trick or treaters went crazy over them. Almost everyone who came to the door, screeched, "Oh, man, I LOVE those things! Can I have an extra one!" Who was to know? We like them but, as I said, after 20 or 30 of them, they tend to get a tad boring. We were pleased to have saved money and temptation on bringing candy into the house and most happy the granola and fiber bars got good and happy homes. Who would have thought it?