We will be using the following readings on Sunday, November 1st, which is All Saints Day: Deuteronomy 6:1-9, Psalm 149, Revelation 7:2-4, 9-17, and Matthew 5:1-12. These readings deal with the markers of being a part of God's people – a part of the Kingdom of God .
When you hear the word "saint" of whom do you think? Each of us has those special people who have been spiritual parents and grandparents to us, those who we consider to be models of godliness. The "Free Dictionary" online defines "saint" in the following ways:
a person who after death is formally recognized by a Christian Church, esp. the Roman Catholic Church, as having attained, through holy deeds or behavior, a specially exalted place in heaven and the right to veneration
a person of exceptional holiness or goodness
a person who has died and gone to heaven
the collective body of those who are righteous in God's sight.
On Sunday, we will explore what it means to live the life of a saint in twenty-first century America, what it means to live as a part of God's Kingdom on earth. These are challenging times in which to live out Christ's call to be "in the world but not of the world." Let's be prepared to consider how we are doing in living up to the high call of Christ to be light and salt – to be saints! See you on Sunday.
Blessings, Becki+
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