All Saints Day II — When They Became Smaller

The Quiet Deliverance from Fear

I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me out of all my terror. 

— Psalm 34:4

Why Does God Allow It?

When Other People's Choices Become Our Suffering

Because of the wickedness of those who dwell there. 

— Psalm 107:34

Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul? And why are you so disquieted within me?

— Psalm 43:5

All Saints Day I — No One Forgotten

When the Family Tree Ends but the Story Doesn't

After this I, John, looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. 

— Revelation 7:9

One From Each Tribe

The Families That Hold Us Together

So now select twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.

— Joshua 3:12

Hear this, you rulers of the house of Jacob and chiefs of the house of Israel!

 — Micah 3:1

St. Simon and St. Jude Day III — Without a Cause

The Freedom to Become One

He has abolished the law with its commandments and ordinances, that he might create in himself one new humanity in place of the two. 

— Ephesians 2:15

They hated me without a cause.

— John 15:25

St. Simon and St. Jude Day II — Because You Give Me Life

When God's Word Becomes a Relationship

I will never forget your commandments, because by them you give me life. 

— Psalm 119:93

St. Simon and St. Jude Day I — Like the Dew

The Quiet Strength of a Gentle Word

May my teaching drop like the rain, my speech condense like the dew; like gentle rain on grass, like showers on new growth. 

— Deuteronomy 32:2