"A Cloud of Witnesses"
"Festival of All Saints!"
All Saints, the Feast of All Hallows, is a day of remembrance. Historically in the church it was a time to celebrate the lives of saints of the faith who had gone to glory. Their spiritual presence among the living at this annual festival has given rise to all kinds of folk traditions and customs. But Scripture is quite clear in naming all the vast host of believers – especially those living today – as the “saints.” Paul says it is the “great cloud of witnesses” that are the “holy ones,” the saints of God. So our celebration is expanded with remembrance of those who have gone before us, those of the living Body of Christ today, and the generations to come, as well. Today we remember, we hallow, and we give thanks for this cloud of witnesses of which we are a vital part.
