The Entrance Antiphon for today's feast sets the mood: "Let us all rejoice in the Lord as we celebrate the feast day in honor of all the Saints, at whose festival the Angels rejoice and praise the Son of God."
The Collect is a prayer that we could use often: "Almighty and ever-living God, by whose gift we venerate in one celebration the merits of all the Saints, bestow on us, we pray, through the prayers of so many intercessors, an abundance of reconciliation with you for which we earnestly long."
The first reading is from the Book of Revelation: 7: 2-4, 9-14
Responsorial Psalm: "Lord, this is the people that longs to see your face."
The second reading is from the First Letter of Saint John 3:1-3 This is a very consoling reading as John says: "Beloved: See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet, so we are."
Today's Gospel is from Matthew: 5:1-12a Jesus teaches the crowds by telling them the Beatitudes:
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theires is the Kingdom of heaven, Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted, Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land, Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied, Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy, Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God, Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God, Blesses are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven, Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you and utter every kind of evil against you falsely because of me, Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven."
I copied the entire Gospel as this is an important one and the Beatitudes are for all of us to try to live in our daily lives
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