Solemnity of All Saints

The Solemnity of All Saints, or All Saints Day, is celebrated on the first day of November every year.  It is a day to honor the saints in heaven, both those who have been recognized by the Church as saints and those who have not been officially canonized.   All Saints Day is a holyday of obligation. For Masses, check with your local parish or click here for a directory of Catholic parishes in the Archdiocese of Seattle.

Learn more about All Saints Day:

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/liturgical-holidays/solemnity-of-all-saints.html

https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/calendar/day.cfm?date=2022-11-01

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/all-saints-day-40

“After this I had a vision of a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people, and tongue. They stood before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands. They cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation comes from our God, who is seated on the throne, and from the Lamb.” ~ Revelation 7:9–10

Prayers for All Saints Day:

Almighty ever-living God, by whose gift we venerate in one celebration the merits of all the Saints, bestow on us, we pray, through the prayers of so many intercessors, an abundance of the reconciliation with you for which we earnestly long. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.  Source: Collect at Mass

All saints in Heaven, I thank you for the holy witness you each have given to the Church and rejoice in the blessings you now enjoy in Heaven. Please pray for me and for all people, that every one of us will become holy, bearing witness to Christ with our lives, and one day enter Heaven. May God pour forth an abundance of grace upon the world through the example you set and the prayers you now pray before His throne. All saints of God, pray for me. Jesus, I trust in You.  Source: MyCatholic.life