C&SI - Memento Mori: Remembering the dead, celebrating life, and living in hope - 8 Nov 2026 (S06 E48b) (podcast excerpt)

November is traditionally the month of the Holy Souls, a month when the Church invites us to remember those who have died and to pray for them. There is something appropriate about this time of year. The evenings are drawing in, the leaves have fallen, and the natural world seems to be moving towards its winter sleep. There is a sense of endings, of things passing away, of the rhythm of life turning towards rest. It is a thin time, a liminal time. 

November can also be a difficult month. For many of us, it brings memories of people who are no longer with us. Parents, grandparents, husbands, wives, children, brothers, sisters, friends and neighbours. Some died recently; others have been gone for many years.

Yet grief has a way of surprising us. A particular smell, a familiar tune, a photograph, a favourite place or an unexpected memory can suddenly bring someone back into our thoughts with an intensity that catches us unprepared.
Grief never entirely leaves us. We simply become better at carrying it. And perhaps we need to be especially gentle with those for whom this is their first November without someone they love. 

We should not rush grief. Nor should we expect people to put their sorrow behind them simply because a certain amount of time has passed. And yet November is not simply about sadness. It is also about hope, prayer and the Christian conviction that death is not the final word.

In this weeks podcast excerpt, we want to reflect on three things: our relationship with death, the importance of remembering and praying for the dead, and the hope that comes to us through Christ.

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