# Why We Pray for All Souls

An episode of [Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/75551187), 30 Oct 2025, 15 min.

Audio: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/nx7ude3s7btbubgi/11_02_25_Audio8me7d.mp3

Friends, All Souls Day, November 2, falls on a Sunday this year, so we can really spend some time reflecting on this wonderful feast, which means so much to Catholic people. Why do we pray for the souls in purgatory? I wonder if I could begin by reflecting on why we speak of the “soul”—this higher principle breathed into us by God that survives the death of the body.

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