JOIN US FOR A SPECIAL ALLHALLOWTIDE SPECIAL MEETING!

We will unpack the following Traditional Catholic Triduum:

1). VIGILIA OMNIUM SANCTORUM - The Vigil of All Saints

2). FESTUM OMNIUM SANCTORUM - Feast of All Saints

3). COMMEMORATIO OMNIUM FIDELIUM DEFUNCTORUM - Commemoration of the Faithful Departed [All Faithful Souls Day]

4). AllHallowTide — The Octave of All Souls.

Scripture Considerations:

🕯️ I. SCRIPTURE CONSIDERATIONS

1. Intercession and the Communion of Saints

• Hebrews 12:1 – “We also, having so great a cloud of witnesses over our head…”
  The saints are living witnesses who surround and encourage the Church Militant.

• Revelation 5:8 – “The twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb… having golden vials full of odors, which are the prayers of saints.”
  Heavenly intercession is scriptural and active.

• Tobit 12:12 – “When thou didst pray with tears, and didst bury the dead… I offered thy prayer to the Lord.”
  Angel mediators and works of mercy united with intercession.

2. Prayer and Sacrifice for the Dead

• 2 Maccabees 12:43–46 – Judas Maccabeus “sent twelve thousand drachms of silver to Jerusalem for sacrifice to be offered for the sins of the dead… it is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead.”
  The most direct biblical foundation for All Souls’ Day and the doctrine of Purgatory.

• 1 Corinthians 3:13–15 – “If any man’s work burn, he shall suffer loss, but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire.”
  Classic purgatorial text: purification of the saved after death.

• Matthew 12:32 – “It shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to come.”
  Implies that some sins can be remitted in the next life.

3. The Call to Holiness (All Saints)

• Matthew 5:48 – “Be ye therefore perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”

• Revelation 7:9–14 – “A great multitude… clothed with white robes… they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”
  The Church Triumphant seen in heaven.

• 1 John 3:2–3 – “When He shall appear, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is… every one that hath this hope purifieth himself.”

4. Vigil and Watchfulness (All Hallows Eve)

• Matthew 25:1–13 – The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins: “Watch, therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour.”

• Luke 12:35–40 – “Let your loins be girt and lamps burning… blessed are those servants whom the Lord finds watching.”
  The Vigil of All Saints recalls our need for readiness at death.