NOVEMBER OPENS WITH A FAITH FOCUS ON THE SAINTS OF GOD............

As we enter the eleventh month of 2012, Catholics are observing a Holyday of Obligation, the Solemnity of All Saints, as we celebrate the countless men and women who during their earthly lifetimes were true to God's Call and faithful to the Holiness human beings of Faith and Fidelity are renewed by the Blessed Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit to fulfill.  We honor the memory of those who have been solemnly proclaimed and canonized by the Church and those who though unrecognized, were virtuous, loyal, and largely anonymous, in living the Values Believers in the Living and True God hold, as we build Community and look forward to the coming of the Kingdom.  Our Festival of All the Saints of God in Glory today - lead us to the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed and All the Holy Souls which is the fuller focus of November.  May the Holy Saints and the Holy Souls be for all of us an incentive to increase and improve our own response in  Holinessduring the next 30 Days to God's ongoing Call in our lives............tdp