Sundays at All Hallows (October 26, 2025) Is Now Online

Welcome to Sundays at All Hallows.

Next Friday, October 31, 2025, begins Hallowtide, the triduum of All Hallows' Eve (Halloween), All Hallows' Day (All Saints’ Day or Hallowmas) and All Souls' Day, as well as the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (observed on the first Sunday of November).

In some Christian traditions, the first Sunday of November is observed as All Saints Sunday, on which beloved members of the local church who have departed this life are commemorated and candles may be lit in their memory to the solemn ringing of a bell. The local church’ worldwide connection with those who claim the name of Christ is also acknowledged and celebrated.

In southeastern Louisiana where I lived for almost five decades of my life, families visit the cemeteries, clean the gravesites, wash the aboveground tombs and repaint them, and decorate the graves and tombs of loved ones with fresh flowers and lit candles. They may also eat a picnic meal beside the grave or tomb.

In this Sunday’s message we unpack the meaning of the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector and its application to us.

Readings: Sirach 35: 10-17; 2 Timothy 4: 6-8, 16-18; and Luke 18: 9-14

Message: A Pharisee and a Tax Collector Went Up to the Temple to Pray

Link: https://allhallowsmurray.blogspot.com/2025/10/sundays-at-all-hallows-october-26-2025.html

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If you are new to Sundays at All Hallows, you may find these directions helpful:

-It is recommended that after reading or hearing each lesson to take time to reflect on what you read or heard during the period of silence which follows each lesson. It is also recommended that you do the same thing after reading or hearing the message.

-When you open the link to a video in a new tab, check auto-play to make sure it is in the off position. Otherwise, a second video with a different song will follow the first.

-If an ad plays when you open a link to a video in a new tab, click the refresh icon of your browser until the song appears.

-If a song begins partway through the video, click pause, move the slider to the beginning, and then click play.

-An ad may follow a song so as soon as the song is finished, close the tab.

May Sundays at All Hallows be a blessing to you.