Entrance: For All the Saints
For all the saints who from their labors rest, who you by faith before the world confessed, your name, O Jesus, be forever blest. Alleluia! Alleluia!
O blest communion, fellowship divine, We feebly struggle, they in glory shine; yet all are one within your great design. Alleluia! Alleluia!
The golden evening brightens in the west; Soon to the loyal faithful comes their rest; sweet is the calm of paradise so blest. Alleluia! Alleluia!
Offertory: Bless Feast of Blessed Martyrs
Blessed feasts of blessed martyrs, holy women, holy men, with our love and admiration, greet we your return again. Worthy deeds they wrought, and wonders, worthy of the name they bore; We, with joyful praise and singing, honor them forever more.
Faith prevailing, hope unfailing, loving Christ with single heart, thus they, glorious and victorious, bravely bore the martyr’s part, by contempt of every anguish by unyielding battle done; Victors at the last, they triumph, with the host of angels one.
Therefore, all that reign in glory, faithful heirs with Christ on high, join to ours your supplication when before Christ we draw nigh, praying that, this life completed all its fleeting moments past, by Christ’s grace we may be worthy of eternal bliss at last.
Communion: Blest are They
Blest are they, the poor in spirit; theirs is the kingdom of God. Blest are they, full of sorrow; they shall be consoled.
(Refrain) Rejoice, and be glad! Blessed are you, holy are you! Rejoice and be glad! Yours is the kingdom of God!
Blest are they, the lowly ones: they shall inherit the earth. Blest are they, who hunger and thirst; they shall have their fill. (To Refrain)
Blest are they, who show mercy; mercy shall be theirs. Blest are they, the pure of heart; they shall see God! (To Refrain)
Blest are they, who seek peace; they are the children of God. Blest are they who suffer in faith; the glory of God is theirs. (To Refrain)
Blest are you, who suffer hate, all because of me. Rejoice and be glad, yours is the kingdom; shine for all to see. (To Refrain)
Recessional: Sing With All The Saints
Sing with all the saints in glory, Sing the resurrection song! 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 people waking, know the everlasting peace.
Oh, what glory, far exceeding all that eye has yet perceived! Holiest hearts for ages pleading, never that full joy conceived. God has promised Christ prepares it, there on high our welcome waits; Every humble spirit shares it, Christ has passed the eternal gates.
Life eternal heaven rejoices: Jesus lives who once was dead; Join with all the heavenly voices; Child of God, lift up your head! Patriarchs from distant ages, saints all longing for their heaven, prophets, psalmists, seers, and sages, all await the glory given.
Life eternal O what wonders crowd on faith; what joy unknown, when, amid earth’s closing thunders saints shall stand before the throne! Oh, to enter that bright portal, see that glowing firmament, know, with you, O God immortal, Jesus Christ whom you have sent!
