{"id":17301,"date":"2025-11-01T12:03:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T04:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=17301"},"modified":"2025-11-01T12:03:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T04:03:58","slug":"pbbm-calls-for-meaningful-solemn-observance-of-all-saints-all-souls-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2025\/11\/01\/pbbm-calls-for-meaningful-solemn-observance-of-all-saints-all-souls-days\/","title":{"rendered":"PBBM CALLS FOR MEANINGFUL, SOLEMN OBSERVANCE OF ALL SAINTS,\u2019 ALL SOULS\u2019 DAYS  \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Saturday wished the nation a meaningful and solemn observance of All Saints\u2019 Day on November 1 and All Souls\u2019 Day on November 2, reflecting on the remembrance of saints and the dearly departed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0I<\/strong><strong>n a message, President Marcos said the first two days of the month are dedicated to prayer, reflection, and recalling \u201cthe many people whose deeds and presence continue to be felt long after their passing.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>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,\u201d the President said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>President Marcos said the parallel feasts also serve as reminder about one\u2019s mortality and making a positive impact during one\u2019s lifetime.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cEven in the transience of our own mortality, we have the capacity to make a lasting impact in our communities and those around us,\u201d said the President.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>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\u2019s conscience with their legacy; and to lay flowers is to pledge to uphold their mission.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cUltimately, these occasions remind us of the paradise that awaits in the hereafter\u2014where 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,\u201d President Marcos said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cLet 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,\u201d the President Marcos continued.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI wish everyone a solemn and meaningful observance,\u201d said the President.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Saturday wished the nation a meaningful and solemn observance of All Saints&rsquo; Day on November 1 and All Souls&rsquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17301"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17303,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17301\/revisions\/17303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}