Sermons

Saints Triumphant/All Saints Day (11/9/25) SM, SJ
Hebrews 11:32-40-
32)And what more should I say? There would not be enough time for me to continue to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets.
33)By faith they conquered kingdoms, carried out justice, obtained things that were promised, shut the mouths of lions,
34)quenched the power of fire, escaped the edges of the sword, were made powerful after being weak, became mighty in battle, and caused foreign armies to flee.
35)Women received back their dead by resurrection. And others who were tortured did not accept their release, so that they may take part in a better resurrection.
36)Still others experienced mocking and lashes, in addition to chains and imprisonment.
37)They were stoned; they were sawed in two; they were tempted; they were killed with the sword; they went around in sheepskins and goat skins, needy, afflicted, and mistreated.
38)The world was not worthy of them as they wandered in deserts and mountains and caves and holes in the ground.
39)All of these were commended in Scripture by faith, yet they did not receive what was promised,
40)because God had planned something better for us, namely, that they would not reach the goal apart from us.