We begin the month of November with a great celebration, the Feast of All Saints, and today we remember all who have gone before us, especially all those who have walked the way of faith that we ourselves are still walking. Both celebrations invite us to look beyond this world to a life after death, a life in the resurrection, where every tear will be wiped away and we shall see God face to face.

Towards the end of this month, we already celebrate the First Sunday of Advent, a reminder that, before we walk the pathways of eternal life, the fullness of life, in the person of Jesus, He walked this world for our salvation. There is an enormous chasm between heaven and earth, as Jesus reminds us in one of His parables. Yet, in Jesus, we dare to believe that that chasm has been bridged in Jesus Himself. While we still walk through a world veiled by a web of death, we walk in hope, for by the enlightenment of Jesus we can take to heart and make our own the words of the Book of Wisdom: "Those who trust in him shall understand truth, and the faithful shall abide with him in love".