PBBM CALLS FOR MEANINGFUL, SOLEMN OBSERVANCE OF ALL SAINTS,’ ALL SOULS’ DAYS  

PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Saturday wished the nation a meaningful and solemn observance of All Saints’ Day on November 1 and All Souls’ Day on November 2, reflecting on the remembrance of saints and the dearly departed.

 In a message, President Marcos said the first two days of the month are dedicated to prayer, reflection, and recalling “the many people whose deeds and presence continue to be felt long after their passing.”

During these twin feasts, we proclaim that those who came before us do not vanish into nothingness but continue to live on in our hearts and minds,” the President said.

President Marcos said the parallel feasts also serve as reminder about one’s mortality and making a positive impact during one’s lifetime.

“Even in the transience of our own mortality, we have the capacity to make a lasting impact in our communities and those around us,” said the President.

The Chief Executive acknowledged the meaning behind acts of remembrance: to pray is to enter communion with the saints and deceased loved ones; to light a candle is to bind one’s conscience with their legacy; and to lay flowers is to pledge to uphold their mission.

“Ultimately, these occasions remind us of the paradise that awaits in the hereafter—where poverty, pain, and suffering no longer hold purchase, and where the Lord Almighty resides in splendor among His people. Until then, our duty is to fashion a foretaste of its splendor here on earth,” President Marcos said.

“Let the Philippines strive to be that lamp upon a hill where people carry the memory of the dead as strength, the witness of the saints as guide, and the hope of a permanent dwelling as purpose until time itself bows before eternity,” the President Marcos continued.

“I wish everyone a solemn and meaningful observance,” said the President.