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Pentecost Season · Year C

All Saints

Or first Sunday in November) · November 1, 2028

Sermon on the Mount, Cosimo Rosselli
Sermon on the Mount, Cosimo Rosselli, 1481–82Sistine Chapel, Vatican
On the Sistine Chapel wall, painted a generation before Michelangelo. The sermon is on the left and the healing of the leper on the right, in one continuous landscape.It is the sermon on the plain and the blessings, painted as a hillside with people sitting on it.Cosimo RosselliA Florentine painter of the older generation, chosen for the Sistine walls, whose work Vasari found pleasing to the pope and ordinary to everyone else.Sistine Chapel, VaticanThe pope's chapel, where conclaves are held, decorated by Perugino, Botticelli and Ghirlandaio before Michelangelo was ever asked.Sistine Chapel, Vatican
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelLuke 6:20-31Lk 6:20-31
EpistleEph. 1:11-23Eph 1:11-23
Old TestamentDan. 7:1-3, 15-18Dn 7:1-3, 15-18
PsalterPs. 149Ps 149

Overview & Insights

"Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God." (Luke 6:20)

Jesus blesses the poor, hungry, and grieving and warns the rich, full, and comfortable, then calls his hearers to love enemies, do good without expecting return, and treat others as they wish to be treated. Luke's saints are named by their vulnerability, not their achievement.

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Commentary

Commentary on Luke 6:20-31Commentary on Lk 6:20-31 Working Preacher

Frames the poor, hungry, and grieving as the particular saints Jesus names in this sermon.

Luke 6 Commentary: Sermon on the PlainLk 6 Commentary: Sermon on the Plain Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse-by-verse evangelical commentary on the blessings, woes, and love-your-enemies teaching.

Luke 6:20 CommentariesLk 6:20 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentators gathered on the opening beatitude.

Luke 6 CommentaryLk 6 Commentary Precept Austin

Verse-by-verse study notes on the Sermon on the Plain.

Luke 6:20 InterlinearLk 6:20 Interlinear BibleHub

Greek interlinear text for the beatitudes and woes.

Background & Word Study

Luke 1-9Lk 1-9 BibleProject

Video overview covering the opening chapters of Luke through the Sermon on the Plain.

The Church Fathers

Catena on Luke 6Catena on Lk 6 Catena

Patristic comments assembled verse by verse on the blessings and woes.

Sermons & Reflections

Lectionary column for November 1, All Saints Day The Christian Century

Essay on how the sermon's reversals address every hearer rather than sorting people into camps.

Worship & Prayers

All Saints', Year C The Lectionary Page

Full set of appointed readings and collect for All Saints Day.

Podcast

Sermon Brainwave #689 - All Saints (Year C) Working Preacher

Luther Seminary faculty discuss preaching angles on this day's full set of readings.

Art & Music

All Saints Day, Year C Vanderbilt

Curated art images keyed to this day's full set of readings.

Study Hub

All Saints C Textweek

Sunday-wide link list of commentary, art, and sermon resources for All Saints Day.

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