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Saints and sinners.

Publication: The Christian Century
Publication Date: 18-OCT-03 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Saints and sinners.(Living by the Word)(on the Day of All Saints, the names of people who have passed on are read with reverence and thanks )

Article Excerpt
IT ALWAYS BREAKS my heart at little when an elderly member of my congregation dies after decades of service and faithfulness. It breaks my heart a little more when only a handful of members attend the funeral of a shut-in. But on the Day of All Saints the names of these people who have passed oil are read with reverence and thanks in front of the entire congregation. "For all the saints who from their labors rest," we sing.

Who are all these saints? Most churches don't generate much excitement by talking about the early saints (the ones with "St." in front of their names). Even though many of the hymns for this day refer to the saints of old who shone in glory, most of us prefer saints closer to home. Our communion of saints is a more familiar...

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