When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained.
They called out in a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Lord, holy and true, until you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?”
Then each of them was given a white robe, and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters, were killed just as they had been.
This Sunday's reading for All Saints Day is from the 7th chapter of Revelation.
“These are the ones who have survived the time of great distress; they have washed their robes and made them white in the Blood of the Lamb.”
All holy martyrs of God, pray for us!