Here’s
a prayer of remembrance and intercession for All Saints Day (November 1). It
was written by Bruce Prewer.
Pastoral Prayer
for All Saints
Living
God, in whom there is no shadow or change,
we
thank you for the gift of life eternal,
and
for all those who, having served you well,
now
rest from their labours.
We
thank you for all the saints remembered and forgotten,
for
those dear souls most precious to us.
Today
we give thanks for those who during the last twelve months
have
died and entered into glory.
(Names may be
mentioned here….)
We
bless you for their life and love,
and
rejoice for them “all is well,
and
all manner of things will be well.”
God
of Jesus and our God,
mindful of
all those choice souls who have gone on ahead of us,
teach us,
and each twenty-first century disciple of every race and place,
to follow
their example to the best of our ability:
to feed
the poor in body or spirit,
to support
and comfort the mourners and the repentant,
to encourage
the meek and stand with them in crises,
to affirm
those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
to cherish
and learn from the merciful,
to be
humbled by, and stand with, the peacemakers.
Let
us clearly recognise what it means
to be
called the children of God,
and to
know we are to be your saints
neither by
our own inclination nor
in our
own strength
but simply
by the call
and the
healing holiness
of Christ
Jesus our Saviour. Amen!
~ written by Bruce
Prewer, and posted on Bruce Prewer’s Home Page. http://www.bruceprewer.com/DocA/61SAINTS.htm
