All Souls Day (1st Mass), preached on November 2, 2026

Well, first of all, you know, what's our business? Well, our business is the Great Commission.

It's to make Christ known and loved throughout the world, to make all men disciples.

Wherever our state in life is, our condition in life, our location on this planet, that is everybody's job.

and the clock is ticking.

As we see this in Ecclesiastes, whatever your hand finds to do, do with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in the grave to which you are going.

So don't dither.

We've got to get things done.

We've got to be busy.

And that depends upon God's goodness to a great degree.

I found a British novelist recently, Winifred Holtby.

It's a very English name.

And she was friend of the more famous English woman of letters, Dorothy Sayers, and she had a poem inscribed on her tombstone, which I like very much.

She said, God, give me work till my life should end and life till my work is done.

Yes, let's do that.