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FEAST OF ALL SAINTS

WEEK 31 IN ORDINARY TIME TUESDAY
First Reading Apocalypse 7:2-4,9-14
I saw a huge number, impossible to count,
of people from every nation, race, tribe and language 

I, John, saw another angel rising where the sun rises, carrying the seal of the living God; he called in a powerful voice to the four angels whose duty was to devastate land and sea, ‘Wait before you do any damage on land or at sea or to the trees, until we have put the seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.’ Then I heard how many were sealed: a hundred and forty-four thousand, out of all the tribes of Israel. Readings Meditation  Solemnity of All Saints

After that I saw a huge number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language; they were standing in front of the throne and in front of the Lamb, dressed in white robes and holding palms in their hands. They shouted aloud, ‘Victory to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!’ And all the angels who were standing in a circle round the throne, surrounding the elders and the four animals, prostrated themselves before the throne, and touched the ground with their foreheads, worshipping God with these words, ‘Amen. Praise and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and strength to our God for ever and ever. Amen.’

One of the elders then spoke, and asked me, ‘Do you know who these people are, dressed in white robes, and where they have come from?’ I answered him, ‘You can tell me, my lord.’ Then he said, ‘These are the people who have been through the great persecution, and they have washed their robes white again in the blood of the Lamb.’
Lecture de l’Apocalypse de saint Jean (7, 2-4. 9-14
« Voici une foule immense, que nul ne pouvait dénombrer, 
une foule de toutes nations, tribus, peuples et langues »

Moi, Jean, j’ai vu un ange qui montait du côté où le soleil se lève, avec le sceau qui imprime la marque du Dieu vivant ; d’une voix forte, il cria aux quatre anges qui avaient reçu le pouvoir de faire du mal à la terre et à la mer : « Ne faites pas de mal à la terre, ni à la mer, ni aux arbres, avant que nous ayons marqué du sceau le front des serviteurs de notre Dieu. » Et j’entendis le nombre de ceux qui étaient marqués du sceau : ils étaient cent quarante-quatre mille, de toutes les tribus des fils d’Israël.
 
Après cela, j’ai vu : et voici une foule immense, que nul ne pouvait dénombrer, une foule de toutes nations, tribus, peuples et langues. Ils se tenaient debout devant le Trône et devant l’Agneau, vêtus de robes blanches, avec des palmes à la main. Et ils s’écriaient d’une voix forte : « Le salut appartient à notre Dieu qui siège sur le Trône et à l’Agneau ! » Lectures Méditation
 
Tous les anges se tenaient debout autour du Trône, autour des Anciens et des quatre Vivants ; se jetant devant le Trône, face contre terre, ils se prosternèrent devant Dieu. Et ils disaient : « Amen ! Louange, gloire, sagesse et action de grâce, honneur, puissance et force à notre Dieu, pour les siècles des siècles ! Amen ! »
 
L’un des Anciens prit alors la parole et me dit : « Ces gens vêtus de robes blanches, qui sont-ils, et d’où viennent-ils ? » Je lui répondis : « Mon seigneur, toi, tu le sais. » Il me dit : « Ceux-là viennent de la grande épreuve ; ils ont lavé leurs robes, ils les ont blanchies par le sang de l’Agneau. »

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