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This weekend’s celebration of All Saints Day (Saturday) and All Souls Day (Sunday) invite us to reaffirm our faith in the first and last line of the Nicene Creed: “I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible… and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come.”

Shortly afterwards the branches stop sending fluid to the leaves which then separate and fall to the ground. Every year the Lord invites me to reflect upon this process: How wondrous it is that the leaves appear to be most beautiful just as their season is ending and they are about to die.

Have you seen those robotic vacuum cleaners, or lawn mowers, that wander around a room or a yard doing their job until they bump into something? Then they stop, back up, redirect, and continue on a new trajectory. That is exactly what Jesus does NOT want us to do in prayer. In this Sunday’s gospel passage (Luke 18: 1-8) Jesus tells a parable about the necessity “to pray always without becoming weary.”

Our readings for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time give us advice on how we should live our lives as Christians. First we should remember to be thankful to our God and to others for what they do for us. Secondly, we need to love all our neighbors and accept them as children of God. We have heard this advice before, but we see in the Scripture readings where the Word turns into action.

The four Catholic bishops of Colorado are asking all Catholics of our state to support three new ballot initiatives. They are encouraging all parishes to collect signatures to get these initiatives on the ballot for November 2026. Here is a brief description of the initiatives: