They are married persons, missionaries, and martyrs. These men and women have been teachers and preachers they are founders of religious orders and scholars. We celebrate the lives of ordinary men and women of every time and place who lived in an extraordinary way in faithfulness to the message of the gospel. This is the belief that all of God’s people, on heaven, earth, and in the state of purification, are connected in a communion. On this day we remember the saints, who may have been forgotten, or never been specifically honored. All Saints’ Day has been observed by the Church as an occasion to celebrate in a special way all its saints, past and present, whatever their country of origin, their race, or their denomination, and whether they are known to us personally or not. It is celebrated on November first in the West, since Pope Gregory IV ordered its church-wide observance in the year 837. The feast of All Saints is a holy day on which the church glorifies God for all his saints, known and unknown.
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