Prayer for the dead is almost a battle with the reality of death and destruction that weighs down upon the earthly existence of man. This is and remains a particular revelation of the Resurrection.

O Mother of our Divine Lord, as we conclude this novena for the special favor we seek at this time. (State your intention) We feel animated with confidence that your prayers in our behalf will be ...

Furthermore, one day of the week is set aside for prayers for the dead -Saturday, on which it is customary to have a service for the dead, unless it coincides with a feast, if such is to be served on ...

24 this year. The Christ the King novena will start on Friday, Nov. 15, and end on Saturday, Nov. 23. The bishops have asked the faithful to offer their prayers to Christ the King “for the ...

Tis better to buy a small bouquet and give to your friend this very day, than a bushel of roses white and red to lay on his coffin after he's dead.” “Do not resent growing old. Many are denied ...

Being raised in Gulod has afforded me a front-row seat to some barrio customs about death. What seemed morbid and fearsome to ...

They would clean each grave, say prayers ... dead relatives who are on their journey to heaven. In the Philippines, they celebrate Memorial Day and their traditions include praying novenas for ...

A priest whose body was found on a beach in East Lothian has been remembered during mass at his parish church. Father Martin Xavier Vazhachira had served at St John The Baptist Roman Catholic ...

Some are even finding ways to change the conversation around death itself − and bringing life to spaces previously thought of only for the dead. The cemetery was "run down" when Tyler Cassidy ...

Photo: Shen Hong/Xinhua via ZUMA Press/AFP via Getty Images During weekly Shabbat services at my synagogue, we recite a prayer for the well-being of the United States and for the leaders who ...

Mohammad Sabahi, the Friday prayer leader for Kazeroun County, was shot by an unidentified armed individual after leading prayers, the report said. Sabahi was subsequently transferred to Namazi ...