All Saints’ Day

Photo of snail and lantana speaking the Benedictus antiphon of the Solemnity of All Saints' Day, "The saints will shine like the sun."
โ€œThe saints will shine like the sunโ€
Benedictus Antiphon, Solemnity of All Saints
ยฉ๏ธ2020 Gloria M. Chang

And those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky above; and those who turn many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

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Stars and Saints

Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Fra Angelico, The Forerunners of Christ with Saints and Martyrs

From eternity the Lord God designed humanity and the cosmos in his image, envisioning the constellation of saints bursting with Christic Light in the heavens. Formed from the dust of the earth, Adam evolves through the eons to completion in Jesus Christ, his descendant and Lordโ€”the Potterโ€™s masterpiece (Isaiah 64:8). … Read the rest

Seal of the Saints

โ€œSeal of the Saintsโ€
Revelation 7:2-4 โ€œin a snailshellโ€
Vigil of All Saints Day
ยฉ๏ธ2022 Gloria M. Chang

I, John, saw another angel come up from the East, holding the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were given power to damage the land and the sea, โ€œDo not damage the land or the sea or the trees until we put the seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.โ€

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