Nov 1, 2005





Nov. 1st is.....All Saint's Day....
All Saints' Day has one meaning:
A Christian feast day honoring all the saints; first observed in 835

It is celebrated on Nov. 1 in the West, since Pope Gregory IV ordered its church-wide observance in 837.
During the Reformation the Protestant churches understood “saints” in its New Testament usage as including all believers and reinterpreted the feast of All Saints as a celebration of the unity of the entire Church. In medieval England the festival was known as All Hallows, hence the name
Halloween [=All Hallows' eve] for the preceding evening.
(Encyclopedia information about All Saints' DayThe Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright © 2003, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/cup/ )

Hallows' Eve Photo......

Today choose three 'saints'
(I know you have many more)
and say a special 'thank you' to them for their contribution to your life....

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