An Inheritance with the Saints

Date: November 1, 2025 – All Saints’ Day

Readings:
Psalm 149 | Daniel 7:1–3, 15–18 | Ephesians 1:11–23 | Luke 6:20–31

All Saints’ Day lifts our eyes to the great communion of believers and the reign of Christ over every power. Daniel’s vision points to the “everlasting dominion” of God; Ephesians proclaims that the crucified and risen Jesus is seated “far above all rule and authority,” and that the church is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. The Beatitudes then go on to define saintly life, which is not triumphalism, but poverty of spirit, mercy, purity, peacemaking, and joy amid suffering.

Psalm 149 erupts in praise that is both tender and militant: the saints sing, not because they wield earthly control, but because they belong to the King. In a culture of celebrity and self-curation, All Saints re-centers our identity: we are an “inheritance” in Christ, sealed with the Spirit, joined to a people across centuries.

To honor the saints is to imitate the faith of ordinary people who trusted an extraordinary Savior. Their witness invites us to live the Beatitudes now: choosing mercy over malice, purity over compromise, peace over posturing, and joy in the face of scorn. Christ reigns; therefore we rejoice and follow.

Devotional Prompts:

• Who has shaped your faith, and how might you imitate their practice of Jesus?
• Where do the Beatitudes challenge your instincts?
• What would “praise with the saints” look like in your home this week?

Prayer:
Exalted Christ, Head of the church, knit us to Your saints in every age. Form us in the Beatitudes and fill us with resurrection joy. Amen.