On Christ, Christianity, Saints and Souls

Today is the commemoration of "All Souls" in the Church. It follows the great day of the "Solemnity of All Saints" on November 1st, and "Halloween"on October 31st which developed in the West since the early Renaissance. In October, 2014, I wrote a post on "Halloween"and its Christian significance especially today with the invasion of the West by radical Islam, which can be read here.  Today, many Christians in the West have forgotten their Christian roots and, under the influence of materialism and two World Wars with existential philosophies since The Enlightenment, became atheists or at least fell away from their Christian baptism. However, I recall with devotion the souls of persons I know that departed to God especially my mother of blessed memory and my mother-in-law of blessed memory. They both suffered for me since my heart problems started in 1986. I thank God for their care and the care given to me by great persons including physicians, bishops, priests (here and here) and, above all, God's own blessings through His Son Jesus Christ who merits by His continuing love, cross, and Resurrection the eternal joy given to saints. In the Book of Revelation Christ says "Behold I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will enter his house and dine with him, and he with me" (Rev. 3: 20). In the Last Judgment, Christ will judge everyone according to what that person did to those in need (Matt. 25: 31-46). In the 20th century, Hans Urs von Balthasar wrote with the same spirit his book "Dare we hope that all men be saved?" in which he and many Christians pray that the merciful love of God may save every one in His judgment of mankind. The selfless loving God who created every person in His image is "Our Father" who runs after the "Prodigal Son" and meets him (see here and here).
The Solemnity of All Saints is an opportunity for Christians to think of saints and, above all, of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God who is the 'Woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet" in Revelation (12: 1-18) - See also "The Queen Spouse and The Dragon" here as this post refers to interpretations of the Blessed Virgin in salvation and eternal joy by great theologians. Of particular importance is this talk by Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen on Mary "The Woman I love" here. She always points us to Christ - See also "Who Will Triumph" here. After the humble and pure Virgin Mary, come many saints since ancient times - St. George the Great is my patron saint too (see his story here) and so are St. Rita of Cascia (see here) and the Little Flower of Lisieux St. Thérèse of the Infant Jesus proclaimed the greatest saint in modern times by Pope Pius XI in her canonization in 1925. Other beloved saints include the Curé of Ars, St. Jean Vianney, St. Athanasius the Great who dared to challenge the Arian heresy in the 4th century (see here) and the first humanist St. Francis of Assisi called the Alter Christus (see here).
May the Lord help each and every one to discover His love and attempt to do as much as he can with deeds of love towards those in need and become a Christian in following Christ who is the only way to heaven.