Meditation by The Rev. Dr. Joan E. Beilstein
Church of the Ascension
All Saints Day – November 6th, 2016
During this meditative litany - the petition -- “Lord in your goodness” -- will be followed by the people’s response --“We remember them.”
Today - we commemoratethe principal Feast Day of All the Saints - also known as - All Hallows' Day - this holy Christianfestival – on which it is good and right – to celebrate - and honor all the saints - known and unknown.
Lord in your goodness,
We remember them.
Irene Hadden
Lewis Hadden
Judy Spencer
Frank Austell
Cindy Littlejohn
Ingrid Rounasville
Lyne Delissa Blair
Cheryl Louise Smith
Larry Brandt
Claude Martin
Oran Sandel
Tim Holden
Chris Matthews
Eli Beilstein-Griffin
Betty Embrey
Peter Bocock
Peter Craig
Cory Craig
Bill & Caroline
Katie Bocock
Sammy Boren
Elizabeth and William T. Porter
Elizabeth Ann James Shiblog
Thomas Rees Porter
James Scott
Annalise Hood
Dorothy Stansbury
Fred Bordley
Robert Taylor
Sandra Beeson
Mary Ann Aplin
Larry O’Brian
Cheyenne Dicks
Annalisa LaHood
M Gulistan
Amanda
Elizabeth Ann James
Gabby Perrine DeShield
Ernie Howe
John Bowling
Alison Harrigan
Scott Bowling
Robert Beales
Francis and Eleanor Knight
Roy Bowling
Imogene Jackson
Mary and William Roy Bowling
Jane and Fred Dommel
Our celebration of All Saints' Day (November 1st) and All Souls' Day (November 2nd) - stems from our strong belief- that there is a powerful spiritual bond -between those in heaven (the "Church triumphant") and our selves the living (the "Church militant").
Lord in your goodness,
We remember them.
Sherman and Rebecca Woodley
Robert D. Brown, Sr.
Dr. Florence Brown
Lester Blackwell Graner
Laurie Weissinger
Bruce and Betty Brown
Eng-Choy, Chan
Lian-Ngo, Lee
Idona Clarke Jackson
Linda McAllister-Mah
Melville “Melly” Jackson
Wilford “Sandy” Jackson
James Corrigan
Dimitru Ruscimc
Jamaal Meade
The Roach, Meade, and Cosby Family members
Sidney Walter Denham
Elizabeth Akin Denham
Tom and Marie Probey
Christopher Probey
John Probey
Evelyn and Bob Brobet
Grace and Ken Kurtz
John Shada
Charles M. Ermer, Sr.
Elsa Ermer
Mary Helen Malvequx
Cora Jones
Stella Anderson
And all deceased friends
George Oliver
Petronelle Ogden
Guy Ogden
Alvaro Galvan
Willoree Galvan
Gail Galvan
Maria Zaki
R. Stephen Gough
Jane Gough
Tammy Reese
Bonnie Frijters
Von Millard
Jane Fox-Robinson
The Rev. Wilfred Fox-Robinson
Andrew Fox-Robinson
Victoria Keric
Nicholas Keric
All Saints Day and All Souls Day revolve around "giving God solemn thanks for the lives and deaths of God’s saints", including those who are "famous or obscure.”
As such - individuals throughout the Church Universal - are honored - such as Paul the Apostle - Francis of Assisi - Julian of Norwich - and Catherine of Sienna - in addition to individuals - who have personally led us - to faith in Jesus – and been role models for us – in holy living - such as a parent – grandparent – teacher - mentor – pastor - or friend.
Lord, in your goodness.
We remember them.
Richard MacPherson Lucille MacPherson Tagney
Lowell and Mary Hardin
Wyotta Holden
Stanley Holden
Clara Miller
Frank Holden
Connie Ewy
Clara Wing
Naveda Johnson
Anna Clark
Ann Janney
Grace Johnson
Kathy O’Reilly
Donald Kent
Ernie Howe
Lacy Hibbs
Isobel Hibbs
Grace Hibbs
Dorothy Ann Russo
Pat Hyatt
Solomon N. Jacobs
Hiram & Lucia Jacobs
George & Rachel Henry
Earl & Esther Henry
Randolph and Elaine Jacobs
Gwendolyn Crawford
Jack Jacobs
Dorothy Smith
Elizabeth Rhines
Sue and Ralph Jury
June and Larry Chaffee
Syvia Stokes
Ralph and Mary Jury
Albert and Maybeth Edmonds
Mary Elizabeth LeVeque
Katharine W. LeVeque
James R. LeVeque
Don D. Bates
Marilyn Wilson
Donald Wilson
Sheila Bush
James McElroy
Ric Rutledge
Herbie LeCount
Lisette Fratani
Jean Fratani
Ruth Peacock
Luther Bazemore
Patricia Ruddy
James M. B. Martey
Florence K. Kotey
Emmanuel Amon-Kotei
Falicia M. Laryea-Adjopi
Comfort and Vida Martey
Emmanuel Martey-Mon-Kwei
The Rev. Florance Boatang
The Rev. Fr. Ebenezer Hargoe
Mami Afria
Sarah O. Mills
Thomas Sarfo
Valma Yearwood
In the Western Christian practice - the liturgical celebration begins at Vespers on the evening of October 31st - All Hallows' Eve - and ends at the close of November 1st. It is thus the day before All Souls' Day - which commemorates the faithful departed. In many traditions - All Saints' Day is part of the triduum of Allhallowtide - which lasts three days from October 31st - November 2ndinclusive.
Lord, in your goodness,We remember them.
Donna Martin
Frank Martin
Cecile Martin
Debbie Martin
Leo Martin
Lew Spangler
Arthur Sussman
Richard Weems
Janet Weems
Angelyn, Dale, and Marianne Weems
Charles and Elizabeth Martin
Frances Mariama Sow
Stanley P. Thomas
For all people who have diedalone and forgotten.
Eva and Edwin McCullough
Irene and Adam Tavuowski
James E. Kelly
Betty Ann Burroghs
Brian Gallagher
Nancy Shapiro
Joseph W. Houle
The Rev. Robert Davenport
Mildred Freeboyrne
Joyce Freeboyrne
Daphne Burgher
Roy Burgher
Norman Rumble
Howard Collash
Clifford Russell
Seymore Mitchell
Joseph Nakamura
John and Jane Estopinal
Robert and Alma Sisk
Ernest and Elizabeth Rohrbaugh
Louis Rohrbaugh
The Rev. Dr. David A. Schattschneider
Marie Jean Georges
Oliver Peart
Egar Roberts
Esther Friths
Louis Fuster
Ollie Rex Threadgill
Marjorie Alexander
Eldica Cadette
Perrine De Shield
Ruby Garcia
Brenda Lakham
Clarence Persad
Henrietta Simon
Irving Thomas
Mildred Thomas
David Thomas
Adriana Thomas
Jean Thomas
Unc Thomas
Elaine Wilson
Valma Yearwood
O God of grace and glory, we remember before you this day those whom we love but see longer - those who now live in the communion of the saints. We thank you for giving them to us - theirfamily and friends - to know and to love as companions - onour earthly pilgrimages.
In your boundless compassion - console us who mourn. Give us faith to see in death the gate of eternal life - so that in quiet confidence - we may continue our course on earth - until, by your call, we are reunited with those who have gone before.
Lord, in your goodness,
We remember them.
Julia, Edmund, Sam, Clyde, Sarah, Bill,
Tom and Margaretin the Todd-Williams families
Jane A. and Warren Woods
Ruth Woods Smith
Adalaide Hughes Woods
Daisy and Lemon James Clayton
Pat McNeeley
John Leonard
Ken Leonard
Virginia Woods
Christopher Richard Columbus
Allan Williams Van Buren
Rebecca Anderson
Gloria Armstrong
Carol Callender
James Edwards
Kenneth Simpson
Rudy Stubbs
Delores Warren
Benjamin Yates Brewster, Jr.
Joan Jessup Brewster
Jacob and Margaret Baker
Bill and Dorothy Poling
Amy Collins
Frederick B. Beilstein, Jr.
The Rt. Rev. John T. Walker
The Rt. Rev. Ronald H. Haines
The Rt. Rev. Jane Holmes Dixon
The Rev. Janice Robinson
John Pontius
Tim Veney
Baby Boy Howard
The Rev. Lloyd Goodrich
Chance Howard
Jack Guidone
Harold Durant Howard
Mary Elizabeth Clifton Howard
Lucy J. Cardwell
Charles A. Cardwell
Michael Cardwell
Mo Cardwell
Charlene Hatton Cardwell
Stephanie Cardwell
Joan Saunders
Martcia Wade Eyring
Gino Rios, Sr.
Gino Rios, Jr.
Aurora Rodriguez Rios Velazquez
Alice Borden
Katharine and Nicholas Doman
Carter and Mary Higgins
Dick and Mark Higgins
John and Clara Higgins
Elisabeth Higgins Null
O God - the King of saints - we praise and glorify your holyName - for all your servants - who have finished their course inyour faith and fear: for the blessed Virgin Mary; for the holypatriarchs, prophets, apostles, and martyrs; and for all yourother righteous servants, known to us and unknown;
and we pray that - encouraged by their examples -and aided by their prayers - we also maybe partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.
Lord in your goodness,
We remember them.
Are there others you wish to remember today?
I invite you to share their names at this time.
SILENCE
God of all we pray to you for those whom we love but see no longer – but will see again on the day of resurrection. Grant to them eternal rest. Let light perpetual shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
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