31 October 2009

From the Liturgy of All Saints

These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. In You, O Lord, do I take refuge, let me never be put to shame (Introit)...

You have knit together Your faithful people of all times and places into one holy communion, the mystical body of Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Grant us grace so to follow Your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living that, together with them, we may come to the unspeakable joys You have prepared for those who love You (Collect)...

Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple (First Reading)...

Blessed are those whose strength in is in you, in whose heart are the highways to Zion (Gradual)...

We know that when He appears we shall be like Him (Epistle)...

Surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses (Verse)...

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied (Gospel)...

Oh, blest communion, fellowship divine! We feebly struggle, they in glory shine, Yet all are one in Thee for all are Thine. Alleluia! Alleluia! (Hymn of the Day)...

In the communion of all Your saints gathered into the one body of Your Son, You have surrounded us with so great a cloud of witnesses that we, encouraged by their faith and strengthened by their fellowship, may run with perseverance the race that is set before us and, together with them, receive the crown of glory that does not fade away. Therefore with angels and archangels and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify Your glorious name (Preface)...

Respond, ye souls in endless rest, Ye patriarch and prophets blest, alleluia! Ye holy twelve, ye martyrs strong, All saints triumphant raise the song: Alleluia (Recessional)...

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