Remembrance Day of the Saints
The feast day of the saints is the evangelical name of a festival that is celebrated on November 1st. In the Roman Catholic Church the festival is called All Saints' Day . A corresponding custom found its way into Lutheran agendas in the 1950s .
The biblical vote (motto of the divine service) reads: "So you are no longer guests and strangers, but fellow citizens of the saints and members of God's household" ( Ephesians 2:19)
The liturgical color is red.
The opening psalm for this day is Ps 150 LUT .
After the pericope revision, the following Bible texts are planned for this service from Advent 2018:
| Gospel | epistle | Reading from the Old Testament | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt 5.1-10 LUT | Rev 7 : 9-12 LUT | Dan 7.1-3.13-18.27 LUT | |
| ... at the same time sermon text in the reading year | III / VI | I / IV | II / V |
| For comparison, the readings on the Catholic Feast of All Saints' Day | Mt 5: 1-12a |
1 Joh 3,1-3 EU Rev 7,2-4,9-14 |
Of the three daily prayers proposed in the agende for the day of remembrance of the saints, the first is an adaptation of a traditional Catholic prayer ( Leonhard Goffiné , Handpostille, 1690).
According to the Augsburg Confession , Article 21, the Lutheran churches know a veneration of saints in the sense that they should be remembered. The faith should be strengthened by this commemoration because the Holy 'll see how them grace was happened and helped them through faith. In addition, believers can take an example from their good works. However, they refused to call the saints or ask for help. Invocation and request for help belong to the Triune God alone. That is why the way of veneration of saints widespread in the Roman Catholic Church is rejected by the Lutheran churches.
The comparison of the two daily prayers shows the different emphases of the Protestant commemoration of saints and the Roman Catholic veneration of saints:
| Evangelical | Roman Catholic |
|---|---|
| Holy, Eternal God,
you inserted us through baptism in the polyphonic choir of your saints, who boast you in heaven and on earth: May your community strengthen us in the turmoil of the world and awaken in us the joy of the day, in which we praise you together with all the redeemed without end. Glory to you forever. |
Almighty, Eternal God,
you give us joy on today's festival to celebrate the merits of all your saints. Fulfill the requests of so many advocates our hope and give us your mercy. We ask for this through Jesus Christ. |
In some Lutheran churches, especially in Scandinavia and North America, the day of remembrance is celebrated on the Sunday after November 1st (All Saints Sunday) and contains elements of the German day of remembrance of the deceased , such as naming the deceased. The liturgical color here is white.
See also
literature
- Karl-Heinrich Bieritz: The church year. Celebrations, memorials and holidays in the past and present . CH Beck, 2005, ISBN 978-3-406-47585-6 , pp. 177 f .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Senftleben: The church year - memorial day of the saints. In: www.daskirchenjahr.de. October 19, 2018, accessed November 1, 2018 .
- ↑ For the Church of Sweden cf. Oloph Bexell: Det svenska kyrkoåret under de senaste tvåhundra åren. Förändringar and revitalizing. In: Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift 115, 2015 , p. 46 f. (Swedish)
- ↑ a b Evangelical church service book. Agende for the Evangelical Church of the Union and for the United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Germany . 3. Edition. Berlin 2003, p. 438 .
- ^ A b Christine Jahn (ed.): New draft of the divine service readings and sermon texts. Draft for testing, on behalf of EKD, UEK and VELKD. S. 519 .
- ↑ Evangelical church service book . 3. Edition. Berlin 2003, p. 737 .
- ↑ Evangelical church service book . 3. Edition. Berlin 2003, p. 439 .
- ↑ November 1st. All Saints Day. High Strength. In: Archabbey of St. Martin in Beuron. Retrieved November 9, 2018 .