Morris: Join us Tuesday to remember those we’ve lost to COVID
Relatives gather around some of the graves illuminated by candles during All Saints Day at a cemetery in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. Candles illuminated tombstones in graveyards across Europe as people communed with the souls of the dead on Thursday, observing one of the most sacred days in the Catholic calendar. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
G. Scott Morris
The Rev. Dr. G. Scott Morris, M.D., is founder of Church Health. He is a regular contributor to The Daily Memphian.
Tuesday, Nov. 2, is All Souls Day. Beginning in the ninth century, Christians have held a day of prayer on the day after All Saints Day to remember the souls of all who had died.
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