Tuesday, November 1

November 2nd .... All Souls' Day



"God, you turn men back to dust, saying,
“Return to dust, O sons of men.”
For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by,
or like a watch in the night.  
You sweep men away in the sleep of death;
they are like the new grass of the morning —
though in the morning it springs up new,
                      by evening it is dry and  withered"


"God, we are consumed by your anger and terrified by your indignation.

You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence. All our days pass away under your wrath; 
we finish our years with a moan.

      ...they are like new grass of the morning,
though in the morning it springs up new,
by evening it is dry and withered...

The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty, if we have the strength; yet their span is but trouble and sorrow, 
for they quickly pass, and we fly away."




“Lord God, who knows the power of your anger? 
For your anger is as great as the fear that is due you.
Teach us to number our days aright, 
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”


*** Verses from the Holy Bible (Psalm 90) 

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