November 2, 2025
All Saints Day, Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 5:6 – “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”
You only hunger and thirst for what you don’t have. Jesus has come to fill us up with righteousness — His own righteousness. He is the self-giving Lord whose sacrifice inspires us to be givers, too.
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All Saints Day
Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost
Revelation 7:(2–8) 9–17; 1 John 3:1–3; Matthew 5:1–12
Saints Are Blessed in the Eternal Presence of Christ
“A great multitude … from all tribes and peoples and languages” cry out, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne” (Revelation 7:9–10).
Faith-filled saints from every place and time with unified voices eternally magnify the Lamb of God. As His beloved children, we, too, “shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2). Joined with the throng of angels and countless saints, we shall “serve him day and night in his temple” (Revelation 7:15).
In our earthly tension vacillating between saint and sinner, faith and doubt, sacred and profane, we earnestly seek Jesus to calm our fears, comfort our spirits and forgive our sins. The Holy Spirit, through faith in Christ, propels us forward, fortifying us in Word and Sacrament, to our eternal home.
In the midst of our constant struggle as believers, we need to be blessed. And so we are. The poor in spirit, the meek, the hungry, the thirsty, the merciful, the pure and the persecuted are all blessed, and we will most certainly inherit the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 5:1–12).
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Life Thoughts for the Week
All Saints Day, Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost - “We know that there will always be changes in laws and politics, and we can only change that as best as we can. The comfort that we do know is that the Father does not change like shifting shadows.
In today’s world, changes are swift and inevitable, but our faith and trust in our unchanging God are the comforts that sustain us!”
Diane Albers, President of Lutherans For Life – A Life Quote from Lutherans For Life • lutheransforlife.org
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