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Unbind Them
All Saints and All Souls Observed Collect Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord: 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…
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The never-ending Halloween
I live in a community that really loves Halloween. Halloween, of course, is a day: October 31. But here, we celebrate with trick-or-treating over two days, with hours long past my children’s curfew. We also have a downtown celebration the Friday night before, so this year, that makes it October 29th, 30th, and 31st. And…
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Have you ever laid in the dirt?
A poem for All Saints’ Day about the Beatitudes, the spirit of God, and what it means to be alive in this moment.
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The Blessed Community
Jesus, the Sermon on the Mount, and all of the saints a Homily for the Feast of All Saints | Text: Matthew 5:1-12 For us, this principal feast we call All Saints is not so much about honoring the dead, but honoring the community: the whole community: past and present and future. For honoring only our…
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For All the Saints
We often refer to two different strains of Christian faith: Catholic and Protestant. These two traditions have very different understandings of saints. To Catholicism (such as Roman Catholics), saints are our intermediaries. They have been elevated by humanity for their godly and miraculous works. Protestantism (such as Presbyterians, Lutherans Baptists, etc.) has downplayed the role…
