Almighty God,
you have knit together your elect
in one communion and fellowship
in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord:
grant us grace so to follow your blessed saints
in all virtuous and godly living
that we may come to those inexpressible joys
that you have prepared for those who truly love you;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Isaiah 25.6\u20139<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6<\/sup> On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples John 11.32\u201344<\/p>\n\n\n\n 32<\/sup>When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, \u2018Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.\u2019 33<\/sup>When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. 34<\/sup>He said, \u2018Where have you laid him?\u2019 They said to him, \u2018Lord, come and see.\u2019 35<\/sup>Jesus began to weep. 36<\/sup>So the Jews said, \u2018See how he loved him!\u2019 37<\/sup>But some of them said, \u2018Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n 38<\/sup> Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. 39<\/sup>Jesus said, \u2018Take away the stone.\u2019 Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, \u2018Lord, already there is a stench because he has been dead for four days.\u2019 40<\/sup>Jesus said to her, \u2018Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?\u2019 41<\/sup>So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upwards and said, \u2018Father, I thank you for having heard me. 42<\/sup>I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.\u2019 43<\/sup>When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, \u2018Lazarus, come out!\u2019 44<\/sup>The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, \u2018Unbind him, and let him go.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n All collects and readings appointed for this day as well as the orders of Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer and Night Prayer can be found at almanac.oremus.org\/2021-10-31<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sunday 31st October – All Saints\u2019 Sunday Collect Almighty God,you have knit together your electin one communion and fellowshipin the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord:grant us grace so to follow your blessed saintsin all virtuous and godly livingthat we may come to those inexpressible joysthat you have prepared for those who truly … <\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0a feast of rich food, a feast of well-matured wines,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0of rich food filled with marrow, of well-matured wines strained clear.
7<\/sup> And he will destroy on this mountain
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the shroud that is cast over all peoples,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0the sheet that is spread over all nations;
8<\/sup> he will swallow up death for ever.
Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the\u00a0earth,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0for the Lord has spoken.
9<\/sup> It will be said on that day,
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, so that he might save us.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This is the Lord for whom we have waited;
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGospel<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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