Today, 2 November, the Catholic Church celebrates All Souls Day to commemorate all the faithful departed. (like Qing Ming festival in our Chinese custom)
The official name of the celebration in the Roman Rite liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church is "The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed".
The All Souls Day is a day after All Saints Day. It constituted Catholic faith's "Communion of saints”， the communion of living and the dead.
While praying for the souls of the departed rest in peace, I am praying for myself too. In fact the living needed more prayers.
The departed have already completed their lives on earth while the living are still struggling .... for livelihood, for happiness, for family, for children, for health, for wealth, for avoiding sins....
Each day is a struggle for me. Sometimes I think the dead are better off than the living beings.
Death is hope .... death will set us free ... death will transform us....
Dear departed brothers and sisters, please pray for us the living ........
十一月二日，天主教会庆祝追思已亡日。这是紧接着诸圣瞻礼后，另一个重要的庆典，构成了天主教的教义『诸圣相通』 - 生者与亡者相互祈祷，沟通及共融的信条。
追思已亡的意义就如我们华人文化中的清明节一般。
在这追思已亡的时候，我们都会为亡者的灵魂早日安息而祈祷，奉献弥撒。我个人也为自己而祈祷。其实活人更需要祈祷。
亡者已经在这个世界上活过，也完成了他们的使命，有些可能已经在天主的怀抱中（成圣），在天上享受永生之乐。那里没有悲伤，没有眼泪，没有痛苦。而我这个仍在世间的人（旅途中的教会），每天都是一个挣扎。
我们每天都在为生活而烦恼，为日用粮，为快乐，为财富，为家庭，为孩子，为健康，为避免犯罪而担忧。
已亡者则不需要被这一切困扰。他们比生活中的我们可幸福多了。
死亡是希望，死亡是个解脱，死亡是个改变。。。
已亡的兄弟姐妹们，请为我们这些活人祈祷。。。！
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