All Saints’ Day

On All Saints’ Sunday we gather to remember those in our midst who have died in the faith in the past year. We recount that they have fought the good fight of faith and now rest from their labors and pray also that we might be faithful unto death. We renew our fight here as the church militant. We thank the Lord for all the saints that He has preserved through this vale of tears, and how He is preserving us through His Word & Holy Sacraments.
And when the fight is fierce, the warfare long,
Steals on the ear the distant triumph song,
And hearts are brave again, and arms are strong.
Alleluia! Alleluia! (LSB #677.5—For All the Saints)