![]() "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. "Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. "Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. They will hunger no more, and thirst no more the sun will not strike them, nor any scorching heat for the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of the water of life, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." " Then he said to me, "These are they who have come out of the great ordeal they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.įor this reason they are before the throne of God, and worship him day and night within his temple, and the one who is seated on the throne will shelter them. "Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, "Who are these, robed in white, and where have they come from? "I said to him, "Sir, you are the one that knows. "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen. "Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!" And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,singing, I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to damage earth and sea,saying, "Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees, until we have marked the servants of our God with a seal on their foreheads."Īnd I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the people of Israel.Īfter this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. This is glory for all his faithful people. Let them sing praise to him with timbrel and harp.Ĥ For the LORD takes pleasure in his people *Ħ Let the praises of God be in their throat *ĩ To inflict on them the judgment decreed * Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.ģ Let them praise his Name in the dance * Sing his praise in the congregation of the faithful. Whose righteous deeds have not been forgotten Īnd their glory will never be blotted out.īut their name lives on generation after generation. They have become as though they had never been born, They have perished as though they had never existed They were wise in their words of instruction Īll these were honored in their generations, Those who led the people by their counselsĪnd by their knowledge of the people's lore Those who gave counsel because they were intelligent ![]() There were those who ruled in their kingdoms,Īnd made a name for themselves by their valor The Lord apportioned to them great glory, ![]() Amen.Įcclesiasticus 44:1-10,13-14 Let us now sing the praises of famous men, All Saints' Day, BCP, Service I The Lessons Appointed for Use onĪlmighty 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 have prepared for those who truly love you through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting.
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