All Saints Day

From today's collect: Give us grace so to follow your blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those ineffable joys that you have prepared for those who truly love you. (Book of Common Prayer) This is the collect for All Saints Day. Although this day is about celebrating the lives of the Saints specifically, many of us use it as a day to remember those who have died, who were close to us and who impacted our lives in special ways. I had to look up the word "ineffable." It means "too great to be described in words." It can also mean "too sacred to be uttered" such as the Hebrew name for God. It implies that if we love the Lord and try to live our lives for him, when we die, we will also come into his presence and find the kinds of joy that are so great that no words can describe or express them.