Catholic Family Devotions

Understanding the Day

Season

Time After Pentecost

Week

Week 23 of Time After Pentecost

Rank

Simple feast

The Vigil of All Saints falls in the Time After Pentecost and is observed on the evening before the Solemnity of All Saints. This vigil does not extend into an octave; its purpose is to lead intentionally into the Solemnity of All Saints, a day when the Church honors all who have attained heavenly glory.

Daily Prayer

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Weekly Prayer

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Weekly Formation

Gluttony and Temperance

The Way of Darkness

Gluttony
Gluttony is an unreasonable attachment to eating, drinking, or similar bodily satisfactions. Its disorder lies not simply in quantity but in allowing appetite to rule reason, damage health or duty, or place bodily pleasure above the good of the soul.

The Way of Light

Temperance
Temperance moderates attraction to pleasure and keeps the use of created goods within the order of reason. It does not condemn bodily goods, but prevents appetite from ruling the person or crowding out health, duty, charity, and spiritual good.

Saint & Feast

Principal celebration

All Saints

Vigil of All Saints

Christian feast day

All Saints' Day, also known as All Hallows' Day, the Feast of All Saints, the Feast of All Hallows, the Solemnity of All Saints, and Hallowmas, is a Christian solemnity celebrated in honour of all the saints of the Church, whether they are known or unknown.

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Today in Church History

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Catechism

Catechism of the Catholic Church

The Catechism teaches that marriage calls spouses to a faithful, total, unique, and exclusive love, honoring the equal personal dignity of man and woman. Polygamy, adultery, divorce, and free union offend the dignity of marriage, while incest corrupts family relationships. Sexual abuse of children or adolescents entrusted to adults’ care causes grave harm to the young and violates the responsibility for their upbringing. Love is the fundamental vocation of every person, and Christ is the model of chastity; every baptized person is called to live chastely according to his or her state of life. Within marriage, spouses are called to faithful and indissoluble love, to receive fecundity as a gift and good of marriage, and to practice responsible parenthood through morally acceptable means.

The Seventh Commandment calls us to respect our neighbors' goods, emphasizing justice and charity in how we manage our resources. God entrusts the earth to all of humanity, urging us to use and share its bounty responsibly, ensuring that everyone's basic needs are met and fostering solidarity among us. While private property is a legitimate right, it carries the responsibility of stewardship; we must see our possessions not just as ours, but as resources meant to benefit others, especially our families and those in need. This understanding promotes a culture of generosity and moderation, reminding us that political authority also plays a role in regulating ownership for the common good, thus fostering a just society where all can thrive.

¶ 2399

The regulation of births represents one of the aspects of responsible fatherhood and motherhood. Legitimate intentions on the part of the spouses do not justify recourse to morally unacceptable means (for example, direct sterilization or contraception).

Today's Mass Readings

Open the day's Sancta MissaDivinum Officium · Divino Afflatu - 1954View readings