Pray the All Soul's Office if you like, but it isn't good Lutheran theology. It's more of an Anglican/Roman Catholic thing.
We commemorate the dear departed on All Saints Day because every Christian is a saint. And also a sinner. But that's just good Biblical theology. Many Pauline letters begin with the greeting "to the saints" before Paul points out their sin!
AM Psalm 40, 54; PM Psalm 51
Neh. 2:1-20; Rev. 6:12-7:4; Matt. 13:24-30
All Faithful Departed (All Souls')
Psalm 130 or 116:10-17
Wisdom 3:1-9 or Isaiah 25:6-9;
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 or 1 Corinthians 15:50-58;
John 5:24-27
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