All Souls Day
Today, November 2, is All Souls Day. My Czech friend, Blanka, came to my house and we read the Bible together, both in Czech and English. She is a Roman Catholic nun, so she explained to me that November 1 is All Saints Day, when we pray to the saints to help us, and November 2 is All Souls Day when we pray for those who died, so they can get from Purgitory to heaven.
Last night we went out to eat with two of our professor friends from IICS (our sending organization), and I was telling them about what Blanka said. I told them that we always treated November 1 as Necromancy Day! One of them said, "Necromancy! That's having sex with the dead!" We couldn't find a dictionary, but Lance says necromancy is something to do with magic! And I just remembered that it is Necrology Sunday when we honor those who died over the past year! So which are you celebrating? necrophilia? necromancy? necrology?!! I did have a wonderful vision of Mom and Aunt Marion having one of their chats! We miss them both.
Last night we went out to eat with two of our professor friends from IICS (our sending organization), and I was telling them about what Blanka said. I told them that we always treated November 1 as Necromancy Day! One of them said, "Necromancy! That's having sex with the dead!" We couldn't find a dictionary, but Lance says necromancy is something to do with magic! And I just remembered that it is Necrology Sunday when we honor those who died over the past year! So which are you celebrating? necrophilia? necromancy? necrology?!! I did have a wonderful vision of Mom and Aunt Marion having one of their chats! We miss them both.
posted by Pastor Lori Wiley at 4:28 AM
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