Reflection 2020-11-02 All Souls’ Day

Lamentations 3:17-26; Psalm 103; 1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Matthew 11:25-30

Praying for the Dead

And making a gathering, he sent twelve thousand drachms of silver to Jerusalem for sacrifice to be offered for the sins of the dead, thinking well and religiously concerning the resurrection, (For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should rise again, it would have seemed superfluous and vain to pray for the dead,) And because he considered that they who had fallen asleep with godliness, had great grace laid up for them. It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins.
2 Maccabees 12:46

Heaven and Hell: Our Choice

See, today, I set before you life and prosperity, death and disaster.
Deuteronomy 30: 15