Since the month of November is the month to remember the holy souls in Purgatory,
it is only natural that our thoughts should turn to remembrances of loved ones who
have left this earth and gone to their everlasting home. For ordinary mortals, death
is a tragic ending, filled only with sorrow and pity, but for the Christian, death
is really birth into the true and eternal life. Though we cannot escape sadness
at the separation brought by death, we know the separation is only temporary.