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+Chuck Huckaby
Bishop
Reformed Evangelical Synod of America
Posts Tagged ‘mystical body’
November 1st, 2009 | 
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All Saints’ Day was originally a commemoration of the martyrs of the ancient church — the men, women, and children who were persecuted and killed for their faith in Christ. It has since become a festival on which the church remembers all the Christian faithful, both known and unknown. Originally celebrated in the spring, it came to be celebrated on November 1 in the West during the ninth century, probably as a counter-balance to the Pagan festival Samhain.
COLLECT
Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son. Give us grace so to follow your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those ineffable joys that you have prepared for those who truly love you. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.
READINGS
Deuteronomy 33: 1-3 or Daniel 7: 1-3, 15-18
Psalm 34 or 149
1 John 3: 1-3 or Revelation 7: 2-17 or Ephesians 1: 11-23
Matthew 5: 1-12
Posted in Feasts and Commemorations | 
Tags: all saints day, christian faithful, Communion, Martyrs, mystical body, solemnity of all saints | 
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