Technically, today was the day for honoring saints and tomorrow, All Souls' Day, was supposed to be the day to remember the much larger number who aren't canonized, but no one was a stickler for protocol.
Some names were known to many in the congregation, others were known to only one or two, but all were equal in the sight of God.
From last year:
In the quiet of church on Sunday morning (cellphones are off or silent) we resurrected happy memories, contemplated our time together, and tried to divine the meaning of brief lives in the context of eternity.
Some day all of our names will be on that list, and eventually they will drop off as fewer and fewer of the living remember us.
So make it count.
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