Sundays at All Hallows (October 26, 2025)
Welcome to Sundays at All Hallows. Next Friday, October 31, 2025, begins Hallowtide, the triduum of All Hallows' Eve (Halloween), All Hallows' Day (All Saints’ Day or Hallowmas) and All Souls' Day, as well as the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (observed on the first Sunday of November). In some Christian traditions, the first Sunday of November is observed as All Saints Sunday, on which beloved members of the local church who have departed this life are commemorated and candles may be lit in their memory to the solemn ringing of a bell. The local church’ worldwide connection with those who claim the name of Christ is also acknowledged and celebrated. In southeastern Louisiana where I lived for almost five decades of my life, families visit the cemeteries, clean the gravesites, wash the aboveground tombs and repaint them, and decorate the graves and tombs of loved ones with fresh flowers and lit candles. They may also eat a picnic meal beside th...
