‘Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven’ Matthew 5:1-12
The feast of All Saints gathers together in one great celebration all those who throughout history have sought for God and found God in Christ. We celebrate our belonging to the great ‘communion of saints’ and long to be fully united with those who have gone before us ‘marked with the sign of faith’. Should not our celebration include all those who in seeking what is true and good have searched for the one, true God?
Jesus teaches us about the values, attitudes and actions of those who truly seek God. Jesus promises the rewards of the kingdom for those who live in this way. We are born into the life of the saints, of God’s holy people, through our baptism and faith in Christ. Apostle John says, ‘we shall be like him’. Christians are assured that they will be brought into the very life of God.
