Todos los Santos is known in English as All Saints Day. In Filipino this is called Undas.
This is a day when the saints are being remembered. This is mostly a Catholic celebration because other religious denominations do not have saints.
Saturday 6pm we attended the anticipated mass. Then we had dinner here. The priest specifically stressed that the misalette in the pews’ boxes are not to be used for these are prepared for the All Souls Day which is an entirely different celebration.
This is usually the day that the people flock to the cemeteries to visit their relatives who have crossed over (although November 2 or All Souls day would have been more appropriate). This is also a day when scary stories abound in households and/or gathering. This is also a day when people who can’t physically go to their dearly departed’s physical resting place, light candles in their homes.
Did you light a candle and say a prayer for your loved ones?
