All Saints’ Sunday
Jeremiah 31: 15-16
The Lord proclaims:
A voice is heard in Ramah,
weeping and wailing.
It’s Rachel crying for her children;
she refuses to be consoled,
because her children are no more.
The Lord proclaims:
Keep your voice from crying
and your eyes from weeping,
because your endurance will be rewarded,
declares the Lord.
They will return from the land of their enemy!
Lamentations 1:1
Oh, no!
She sits alone, the city that was once full of people.
Once great among nations, she has become like a widow.
Once a queen over provinces, she has become a slave.
Ephesians 4: 1-2
Therefore, as a prisoner for the Lord, I encourage you to live as people worthy of the call you received from God. Conduct yourselves with all humility, gentleness, and patience. Accept each other with love,
Psalm 67: 2
so that your way becomes known on earth,
so that your salvation becomes known among all the nations.
Romans 12: 15
Be happy with those who are happy, and cry with those who are crying.
2 Corinthians 5: 17
So then, if anyone is in Christ, that person is part of the new creation. The old things have gone away, and look, new things have arrived!
Psalm 88: 18
You’ve made my loved ones and companions distant.
My only friend is darkness.