A.D. 1949 November 1

All Saints’ Day

All Saints’ Day may also be observed on the following Sunday.

Acclamations

Celebrant: Worthy is the Lord our God,
People: To receive glory and honor and power.

Collects

Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical Body of your Son: 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. Amen.

Lessons

Sunday, Holy Day and Commemoration Lectionary — Year B

Sirach 44:1–14 or Revelation 7:9–17
Psalm 149
Revelation 7:9–17 or Ephesians 1:11–23 or 1:15–23
Matthew 5:1–12 or Luke 6:20–36 or 6:20–26

Daily Office Lectionary

Morning Prayer

Evening Prayer

Prefaces

For in the multitude of your saints, you have surrounded us with so great a cloud of witnesses that we, rejoicing in their fellowship, may run with patience the race that is set before us, and, together with them, may receive the unfading crown of glory.

Liturgical Colors

White or Gold

References

The Tuesday in the Twenty-First Week After Pentecost

Proper 26

Collects

Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to love things heavenly; and even now, as we live among things that are passing away, to hold fast to those that shall endure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.