Welcome, God and All...
Once again, the calendar dutifully reminds us of that time when we should remember the hallowed - those who have been called from this world and have experienced, even if only but a moment, the face of God Almighty. It does us well to recall them. Catholics also believe that through our prayers, we can aid in their total liberation from the perils of this world so that their eternal freedom in the risen Christ is assured.
The COVID-19 worldwide pandemic continued to wreak havoc in 2021, claiming thousands upon thousands of lives. Since the beginning a year-and-a-half ago, the number of deaths is over 745,000 in the United States alone. We pray for them all, and that the hand of God may put an end to this brazen and indiscriminate killer. We pray also for those souls who never got to see the light of an earthen day; these, too, defy our ability to number but assuredly rest in the loving arms of God.
The names below, far from an exhaustive list, run across the spectrum of human life. May eternal rest be theirs. May their souls, as well as the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God rest in peace.
2020
October 31 - Sean Connery, Scottish actor (b. 1930)
October 31 - MF Doom, British-American rapper (b. 1971)
November 8 – Alex Trebek, Canadian-American game show host (b. 1940)
November 14 - Hasan Muratović, 4th Prime Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina (b. 1940)
November 18 – Umar Ghalib, 7th Prime Minister of Somalia (b. 1930)
November 22 - Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, 7th President of Mauritania (b. 1938)
November 26 - Sadiq al-Mahdi, 7th Prime Minister of Sudan (b. 1935)
November 26 - Tevita Momoedonu, 5th Prime Minister of Fiji (b. 1946)
