All Souls Day - Found it! in These titles mean nothing.

Van Halen notBon Jovi or REM.

This is my favorite day. The three come in a row = Halloween, All Saints and All Souls. If all Saints includes everyone in heaven - including those we knew when they were here with us, then All Souls is even more inclusive. It includes all who are and who have ever been. It includes those in hell if you choose to believe in hell, it includes everyone who is alive right now, and perhaps is even proactive and includes all that ever will be.

Just had a thought to please the new supreme court judge - it probably includes the souls of all the aborted babies. I used to think the souls of babies were in a line before conception and if they didn’t make it to birth and life, they just took their previous place in line and had another chance.

I don’t know if this all sounds silly coming from me. You all know I’m not a big believer in much of anything. All we can be certain of is the here and now - one second, one minute, one lifetime at a time. That’s enough for me. I have a certain fondness for the Catholic church and perhaps for the kind parts of the Bible, but I don’t let it rule my life.

I was so pleased to see the saint discussion in the notes on my most recent entry. It was the Canadians of course. My Catholic persuaded Canadian friends were discussing sainthood and its methods.

There weren’t many books in this house when I was a kid. One was a Lives of the Saints - a thick paper bound pink book that as I recall was kept on the shelf of the one downstairs closet. That is the same closet I scared potential daughterinlaw Deb, by telling her to close the door so IT would not get out. It might have been the saints - what do you think? Lutheran raised and Catholic college educated Deb was sure as heck startled at the comment. I thought I’d been joking.

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Anyway. We are here. It is now. So that is what we have. I have a song I can’t find - a rock song from decades ago. REM or Bon Jovi I thought but I can’t find it now. CBC’s Much Music would play it in the ’80s. Right Now. Repeated . Right now God is killing mothers. Right now. God is killing dogs.

How can you beat truth like that? All the sainted mothers. All the sainted dogs. All the ones who’ve ever lived. Including you and me.

When Jim comes in I’ll ask him. If he has an answer I’ll come back and tell you.

Meanwhile....

Last updated November 02, 2020