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For all the saints -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21, Revelation 21:9-11, 22-27, Matthew 5:1-12 -- All Saints Day - C
"For all the saints who from their labors rest...!" Today we sharpen our memories, and focus our att

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Those who do evil always... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - C -- 1995
Those who do evil always attempt to cover it up.
Schoolchildren are often asked to... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - C -- 1995
Schoolchildren are often asked to envision the future.
If you turn on the... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - C -- 1995
If you turn on the religious channel, many of the television preachers have all the answers for you
All my being seeks God... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1994
"All my being seeks God." Dorothy Day, one of the founders of the Catholic Worker movement, did not
(L)Singing... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1982
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(L)Isaiah... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1982
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L)The advice... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1982
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(P)A... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1982
(P)A blooper made good!
(P)Jeremiah... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1982
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(P)A... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1982
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(P)Authentic... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1982
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(M, C)br... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1982
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(M, C)br... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1982
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(M, C)br... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1982
(M, C)Human life is sometimes sustained in strange and wonderful ways.
(M, C)br... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1982
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(L)Trust... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B -- 1982
(L)"Trust in the Lord ... he will always protect us ..."
A little boy named Johnny... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B
A little boy named Johnny was always fighting with the little girl who lived next door.
In Bernie Siegel's second book... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - B
In Bernie Siegel's second book, Peace, Love, and Healing, is this interesting section on inne
One of the most memorable... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - A
One of the most memorable plays of our century is Philip Merivale's Death Takes a Holiday,
The visiting evangelist was spending... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - C
The visiting evangelist was spending the night in the home of a young couple of the congregation whe
Yellow ribbons tied on doors... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - C
Yellow ribbons tied on doors of houses, trees, cars, buses.
Months before the fall of... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - C
Months before the fall of the Berlin Wall a monthly publication from the church in East Germany titl
David Brainerd, the young missionary... -- Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21 -- All Saints Day - C
David Brainerd, the young missionary to the American Indians during the Great Awakening, embodied Is

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ALL SAINTS' SUNDAY -- Psalm 34:1-10, Isaiah 26:1-4, 8-9, 12-13, 19-21, Revelation 7:9-17, Matthew 5:1-12 -- Norman A. Beck -- All Saints Day - A -- 1986
The relationship between God and the "saints" is the basic theme of these texts and of this occasion
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