Today the Church celebrates and recognizes- not only those saints canonized by the Catholic Church- but all the saints known to God. We also come together in communion with the mystical body of Christ acknowledging both the Church Triumphant and the Church Suffering’s continued participation in the Body of Christ.
Almighty God, you have knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of your Son Christ our Lord: 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; through Jesus Christ our Lord; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen. (2019 Book of Common Prayer, BCP)
