Around the throne are four living creatures. Day and night they sing without ceasing, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come."
Revelation 4:6, 8
Consider this: When we gather together in worship, joining our voices in song with those around us, we are uniting in spirit with millions of believers, with the saints of every age.
What a magnificent thing this is to contemplate, especially for our community of faith worshipping in a church that is under the patronage of all the saints!
One of the songs we sing at All Saints Church is based on the passage from Revelation quoted above. It is the Trisagion, Greek for “Thrice Holy.”
Holy God, Holy and Mighty, Holy Immortal One, Have mercy on us.
This is an ancient hymn of the Christian church that ascribes to God three attributes of His holiness. It is traditionally sung three times reflecting Trinitarian theology. Listen to the All Saints Choir sing it below: