Author: Fred Pratt Green, b. 1930 Meter: 10.10.11.11 Appears in 19 hymnals Topics: All Saints Day First Line: Rejoice in God's saints today and all days Lyrics: 1 Rejoice in God's saints, today and all days;
A world without saints forgets how to praise.
Their faith in acquiring the habit of prayer,
their depth of adoring, Lord, help us to share.
2 Some march with events to turn them God's way;
some need to withdraw, the better to pray;
some carry the gospel through fire and through flood:
our world is their parish: their purpose is God.
3 Rejoice in those saints, unpraised and unknown,
who bear someone's cross, or shoulder their own:
they shame our complaining, our comforts, our cares:
what patience in caring, what courage is theirs!
4 Rejoice in God's saints, today and all days;
a world without saints forgets how to praise.
in loving, in living, they prove it is true:
The way of self-giving, Lord, leads us to you.
Scripture: Matthew 5:1-12 Used With Tune: LAUDATE DOMINUM
Rejoice in God's Saints