All Souls Day

All Souls Day (Nov. 2) is a Roman Catholic day of remembrance for friends and loved ones who have passed away. It developed alongside All Saints Day (or the Feast of All Saints), celebrated on Nov. 1st.
The traditions of the Feast of All Souls began independently of the Feast of All Saints. The Feast of All Souls owes its beginning to seventh century monks who decided to offer the mass on the day after Pentecost for their deceased community members. In the late tenth century, the Benedictine monastery in Cluny chose to move their mass for their dead to November 2, the day after the Feast of all Saints. This custom spread and in the thirteenth century, Rome put the feast on the calendar of the entire Church. The date remained November 2 so that all in the Communion of the Saints might be celebrated together.
In the Americas, particularly Mesoamerica, European colonization merged with pre-existing indigenous traditions to form Dí a de los muertos.
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Affirmation
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A Stream of Living History (WorshipWeb)By Erika HewittTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Direct Experience, Generations, History, Humanism, Identity, Secular
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They Are with Us Still (WorshipWeb)By Kathleen McTigueTagged as: Generations, History, Justice, Leadership, Progress, Responsibility
Benediction
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Inspired by Our Ancestors (WorshipWeb)By Leia Durland-JonesTagged as: Family, Generations, History
Blessing
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Blessing for Life and the End of Life (WorshipWeb)By Natalie Maxwell FenimoreTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Acceptance, Caring, Change, Death, Direct Experience, Empathy, Grief, Journey, Judaism, Letting Go, Love, Secular, Transformation, Unitarian Universalism
Chalice Extinguishing
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More Than One Life (WorshipWeb)By Lee HuebertTagged as: Death, Letting Go, Mystery, Purpose, Unitarian Universalism, Wonder
Chalice Lighting
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All Souls Chalice Lighting (WorshipWeb)By Florence CaplowTagged as: Connections, Death, Generations, History, Humanism, Mystery
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Chalice Lighting for a Memorial Service (WorshipWeb)By S. William FeissTagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Death, Forgiveness, Healing, Love, Meaning, Purpose, Sacred, Sorrow, Strength, Truth
Invocation
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Remembrance Invocation (WorshipWeb)By Lyn CoxTagged as: Generations, History, Paganism, Prophetic Words & Deeds
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United by Story and Bound by Love (WorshipWeb)By Andrea Hawkins-KamperTagged as: 3rd Principle (Acceptance & Spiritual Growth), 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Community, Connections, Earth-Centered, Generations, Interdependence, Paganism, Reverence, Sacred, Spirituality, Tradition, Unitarian Universalism
Litany
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Litany for Those Lost to Climate Change (WorshipWeb)By Erica BaronTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Anti-Oppression, Brokenness, Climate Justice, Despair, Earth, Earth-Centered, Humanism, Nature, Pain, Responsibility, Trauma