Words of hope and other words too
The lectionary readings for All Saints Day and All Souls Day include lovely words and images of God’s care for us and the Divine's promise of eternal life:
- “The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want.”
- “God will swallow up death forever.”
- “Death will be no more. Mourning and crying and pain will be no more.”
- “If we have died with Christ, we believe we will also live with him.”
- “I am the resurrection and the life.”
In the face of death, these are the promises we cling to as Christian people. And they are good promises. True promises.
And, to be quite honest, annoying promises to have repeated to you over and over and over again when you are in the midst of deep grief.
