give thanks to his holy memory. (Psalm 30:4 NABRE)
In the last book of the Bible, written about 600 years after the Psalms, Saint John has a vision of heaven. In chapter 7, he describes "a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people, and tongue. They stood before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.... [One of the elders] said to me, ‘These are the ones who have survived the time of great distress; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb’” (Revelation 7:9,14).
Still today, we join with the Psalmist and all the angels and saints in giving constant praise and thanksgiving to God.
In a video reflection on this idea of praying together, we are given a beautiful image of sharing radiance in our world, of participating in and acknowledging the radiance all around us--the excitement, the radiance of God. We hear about All Saints Day described as a stadium experience filled with the power of an excited crowd whose Spirit shakes the stadium with its radiance, the radiance of being a child of God. (See: 2014-11-01 Reflection (2-667))
Today, right now, on this Solemnity of All Saints, I will sing my part in the chorus giving you praise and thanks, my Lord.
Saint Perigrine, patron of cancer patients, pray for us.
Saint Michael the Archangel, protector, pray for us.
Saints John XXIII and John Paul II, most newly named saints, pray for us.
All you angels and saints, pray for us.
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