The day which the Church dedicates to the dead, All Souls Day, is a day of hope. The figure of this world passes, its concupiscence passes, but he who does God’s will dwells in eternity. In the cemeteries, the fields of sleep and rest, already the house of the Eternal is revealed. All Souls Day bears in it through faith, this great hope. Our life, wherever it unfolds, whatever its condition, is a journey that leads back to the house of God, where we shall always be with the Lord.

-Wilhelm Muess