Welcome to our Worship Celebration for the Remembrance Sunday ~ November 14, 2021.
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Readings for Remembrance Sunday: Wisdom 3:1-9; Psalm 116:1-8; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 11:21-27
Summary of the Readings:
Reflection Summary taken from For All the Saints for All Souls and Remembrance Sunday – On this day we call to mind all the faithful departed who are now with God in Christ Jesus. We especially remember all those who have touched our lives, and the men and women in our parish community whose good works have sustained and enhanced the ongoing life of our Christian community. The Church has kept this memorial of all the faithful departed since the eleventh century, when it also began to celebrate the feast of All Saints. The Church believed that the souls of departed saints were immediately taken into the presence and full glory of God, while all other souls still had to undergo some healing and growth before they could be strong enough to bear the radiance of God’s face. Out of this belief grew the medieval doctrine of purgatory, which taught that there was an intermediate state between death and glory, when souls were purged of the effects of those sins which still marred their wills and affections. When the Church of England reformed its doctrine and worship in the sixteenth century, it rejected “the Romish doctrine concerning purgatory…[as] a fond thing vainly imagined.” The Anglican tradition has not withdrawn that criticism, but over the centuries we have learned to believe what we have prayed in the Burial Office – that the good work which Almighty God began in the faithful departed may be perfected unto the day of Jesus Christ. For growth in perfection must be infinite because our perfection is communion with the infinite God. So, we magnify God’s power by confessing that the divine mercy continues to prefect souls of the departed according to the measure of eternal life revealed in Christ Jesus.
Questions for Reflection: How would it change you to see the face of Christ in every stranger you meet?
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