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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
(175 degrees C). Lightly grease baking sheets.
Beat together the whipped
topping and eggs together. Add the lemon cake mix and continue to mix.
Dough will be thick.
Drop by teaspoonfuls into a
bowl of confectioners' sugar and roll to coat. Place cookies on the
prepared baking sheets. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 8 minutes.
Often overshadowed by the two days preceding it, Halloween
(October 31) and All
Saints Day (November 1), All Souls Day is a solemn celebration in the
Roman Catholic Church commemorating all of those who have died and now are in Purgatory,
being cleansed of their venial
sins and the temporal punishments for the mortal
sins that they had confessed and atoning before entering fully into Heaven.
History of All
Souls Day
The importance of All Souls
Day was made clear by Pope Benedict XV (1914-22), when he granted all priests
the privilege of celebrating three Masses on All Souls Day: one for the
faithful departed; one for the priest's intentions; and one for the intentions
of the Holy Father. Only on a handful of other very important feast days are
priests allowed to celebrate more than two Masses.
While All Souls Day is now
paired with All Saints Day, which celebrates all of the faithful who are in
Heaven, it originally was celebrated in the Easter
season, around Pentecost
Sunday (and still is in the Eastern Catholic Churches). By the tenth
century, the celebration had been moved to October; and sometime between 998
and 1030, St.
Odilo of Cluny decreed that it should
be celebrated on November 2 in all of the monasteries of his Benedictine
congregation. Over the next two centuries, other Benedictines and the
Carthusians began to celebrate it in their monasteries as well, and soon it
spread to the entire Church.
On All Souls Day, we not
only remember the dead, but we apply our efforts, through prayer, almsgiving,
and the Mass, to their release from Purgatory. There are two plenary
indulgences attached to All Souls Day, one
for visiting a church and another for visiting
a cemetery. (The plenary indulgence for visiting a cemetery can also be
obtained every day from November 1-8, and, as a
partial indulgence, on any day of the year.) While the actions are
performed by the living, the merits of the indulgences are applicable only to
the souls in Purgatory. Question: "What are indulgences and plenary indulgences and is the concept biblical?"
Answer:
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, an indulgence is “the
remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sin whose guilt
has already been forgiven. A properly disposed member of the Christian
faithful can obtain an indulgence under prescribed conditions through
the help of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses
and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ
and the saints. An indulgence is partial if it removes part of the temporal punishment due to sin, or plenary if it removes all punishment.”
Halloween was a popular pagan festival of the dead (Samhain).
The ancient Celts celebrated the new year on November 1. They believed
that the souls of the dead returned to Earth the night before. Samhain is Gaelic for “summer’s end,” a day to bid good-bye to warmth and light as day length shortens. In an attempt to replace this festival, the church moved the
celebration of All Saints to November 1. This is the day when all of the
saints are honored, especially those who did not have a day of their
own. This day was formerly known as Allhallowmas, hallow meaning “holy” or “holy person.” All Saints Day is known in England as All Hallows Day. The evening before, October 31, is known as All Hallows Eve, the origin of the American word Halloween! In later years, the Irish used hollowed-out, candlelit turnips carved
with a demon’s face to frighten away the spirits. When Irish immigrants
in the 1840s found few turnips in the United States, they used the more
plentiful pumpkins instead.
I
proclaim Father Anthony Mary Stelten, MFVA the greatest apostle and
evangelist of the word of God. His sermons are sincere and from the
heart of Jesus and his manner is angelic and tender. Father Anthony Mary
holds your interest and make you want to hear more from him. He is
graciously humble and his sermons are lightly humorous. Father Anthony
Mary Stelton is truly a desciple of Our Lord. Thanks be to God. Amen
http://www.franciscanmissionaries.com/priests/fr-anthony-mary/
Rev. Fr. Anthony Mary
Status – Priest Title – Community Servant Bio – Rev. Fr. Anthony Mary, MFVA originally is from
Cologne, Minnesota. Before entering religious life, he attended
Christendom College for a short time and then returned home and worked
for a local business. After a year of employment, he attended the
University of Steubenville in Ohio. While in college he visited the
Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word and entered in 1993. In
June of 2000 Br. Anthony was ordained to priesthood and served as
Vocation Director, Novice Master and MFVA Council. He currently serves
as the Community Servant, Postulant Director, and EWTN Board Member.
Status – Priest Title – Community Servant Bio – Rev. Fr. Anthony Mary, MFVA originally is from
Cologne, Minnesota. Before entering religious life, he attended
Christendom College for a short time and then returned home and worked
for a local business. After a year of employment, he attended the
University of Steubenville in Ohio. While in college he visited the
Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word and entered in 1993. In
June of 2000 Br. Anthony was ordained to priesthood and served as
Vocation Director, Novice Master and MFVA Council. He currently serves
as the Community Servant, Postulant Director, and EWTN Board Member.
- See more at: http://www.franciscanmissionaries.com/priests/fr-anthony-mary/#sthash.XPmd9Iru.bTVNla8I.dpuf
Rev. Fr. Anthony Mary
Status – Priest Title – Community Servant Bio – Rev. Fr. Anthony Mary, MFVA originally is from
Cologne, Minnesota. Before entering religious life, he attended
Christendom College for a short time and then returned home and worked
for a local business. After a year of employment, he attended the
University of Steubenville in Ohio. While in college he visited the
Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word and entered in 1993. In
June of 2000 Br. Anthony was ordained to priesthood and served as
Vocation Director, Novice Master and MFVA Council. He currently serves
as the Community Servant, Postulant Director, and EWTN Board Member.
- See more at: http://www.franciscanmissionaries.com/priests/fr-anthony-mary/#sthash.XPmd9Iru.bTVNla8I.dpuf
Rev. Fr. Anthony Mary
Status – Priest Title – Community Servant Bio – Rev. Fr. Anthony Mary, MFVA originally is from
Cologne, Minnesota. Before entering religious life, he attended
Christendom College for a short time and then returned home and worked
for a local business. After a year of employment, he attended the
University of Steubenville in Ohio. While in college he visited the
Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word and entered in 1993. In
June of 2000 Br. Anthony was ordained to priesthood and served as
Vocation Director, Novice Master and MFVA Council. He currently serves
as the Community Servant, Postulant Director, and EWTN Board Member.
- See more at: http://www.franciscanmissionaries.com/priests/fr-anthony-mary/#sthash.XPmd9Iru.bTVNla8I.dpuf
