{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Reflections","title":"All Saints Day","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":387,"description":"November 1, 2026\n\nToday's Reading: Matthew 5:1-12\nDaily Lectionary: Deuteronomy 34:1-12; Matthew 21:1-22\n\n“And [Jesus] opened his mouth and taught them, saying: ... ‘Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied…’” (Matthew 5:2,6)\n\nIn the Name + of Jesus. Amen.\n\nBeing satisfied sounds great, but when does that happen? Even when you’ve had a great meal, you’ll get hungry again. You did well on the test you prepared for, but another one’s coming. You trained hard, ran well, and the team had a record finish, but there’s another Cross-Country invitational next week. The music you’ve been rehearsing for months reached its resounding crescendo at last week’s fall concert, and now the work begins to prepare for the next performance. Those are just some of the outward things that, even in their accomplishment, leave us wanting more. \n\nWhat about the friendships, or lack thereof, that always leave you wondering if you’re enough. How about when you don’t think you can actually put in words what you’re feeling, or are afraid that if you did, no one would stick around. What are we really hungering for? What will satisfy that thirst for belonging? \n\nThe real truth is that there is only one in whom we will be satisfied- Jesus. Although you may know the joyful truth and healing balm of the Gospel, sinners still sin in thought, word, and deed. That sin in our world, even in our own sinful flesh, breaks stuff. In fact, sin breaks us too. If we are looking to be satisfied by our accomplishments or the opinion of others, we will be left with the “many who say, ‘who will show us some good?’” (Psalm 4:6)\n\nBut that same Psalm continues, “Lift up the light of your face upon us, O Lord!” Jesus may well have said in the Beatitudes, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for ME, for they shall be satisfied.” In Christ we find our most satisfying “highest good,” and He promises to be present as He delivers His body for our hunger and His blood for...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/P3eUvssXYVZBQK4BZg1UEKstUh8zuVz_CoZCK6YjRSs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI1MTcyLzE3MDI0/Mjg1MzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}