For All the Saints

In anticipation of All Saints Day, here's a video made a couple of years ago of saints through the ages. The hymn For All the Saints (words by William How, music by Ralph Vaughn Williams) was sung by the choir of Divine Mercy Parish (now Holy Family Parish), the Traditional Latin Mass parish of the Archdiocese of Vancouver, at the close of High Mass at Holy Family Church, 1 November 2006.

For all the saints, who from their labors rest,
Who Thee by faith before the world confessed,
Thy Name, O Jesus, be forever blessed.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

Thou wast their Rock, their Fortress and their Might;
Thou, Lord, their Captain in the well fought fight;
Thou, in the darkness drear, their one true Light.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

O blest communion, fellowship divine!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine;
All are one in Thee, for all are Thine.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

From earth’s wide bounds, from ocean’s farthest coast,
Through gates of pearl streams in the countless host,
And singing to Father, Son and Holy Ghost:
Alleluia, Alleluia!