For All the Saints -- A Hymn for All Saints Sunday

 

All Saints Day is November 1, but for many churches, the celebration of all the saints, whose memory we hold dear takes place on the first Sunday of November. With that in mind, I invite you to remember all the saints in your life as you listen to the words of Ralph Vaughn Williams' "For All the Saints." 

Loving God, we your saints gather to worship and praise you this day. We celebrate the saints who have served you and been an example for us throughout the past. We give you thanks for the joy of being a part of the communion of saints with those who have gone before and those scattered around the globe. Open us to your Spirit to continue being the saints you have called us to be. In Christ’s name we pray.                  ---LifeinLiturgy