Death and sorrow, earth's dark story, to the former days belong.
All around the clouds are breaking, soon the storms of time shall cease;
in God's likeness we, awaking, know the everlasting peace...
Life eternal! heaven rejoices; Jesus lives, who once was dead.
Join we now the deathless voices; child of God, lift up your head...
Life eternal! O what wonders crowd on faith; what joy unknown,
when, amidst earth's closing thunders, saints shall stand before the throne!"
when, amidst earth's closing thunders, saints shall stand before the throne!"
-Sing with All the Saints in Glory by Willian J. Irons
a blessing for all saints.
May we gather up the treasures
scattered by those who
walked and worked before us.
May the depth of our grief reveal within it
the abundant gifts of memory and love.
May the darkness where we now linger
become the place where light finds and claims us.
May the shadowy windings
of these cavernous tombs
lead ever into resurrection.
May we draw near to the ones
who carved the paths we now walk
and celebrate their resurrection stories.
And may we too be resurrected
to become today's saints
continuing the blessed work
of renewing and remaking the world.
a blessing for all saints.
May we gather up the treasures
scattered by those who
walked and worked before us.
May the depth of our grief reveal within it
the abundant gifts of memory and love.
May the darkness where we now linger
become the place where light finds and claims us.
May the shadowy windings
of these cavernous tombs
lead ever into resurrection.
May we draw near to the ones
who carved the paths we now walk
and celebrate their resurrection stories.
And may we too be resurrected
to become today's saints
continuing the blessed work
of renewing and remaking the world.
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