All Saints: God gives grace to the humble, but resists the proud

When great multitudes followed Jesus, they were poor, weak, sick, troubled, downcast, depressed; so he sat on the mountain and blessed them. Blessed are the poor in spirit, he began. For it is not the self-helped that he helps, but those who are sick. Humble yourself therefore under the mighty hand of God. For the saints of old did this, even unto death. And we remember and seek to imitate them, especially all the martyrs who were faithful unto death. They received the crown of life; and so shall we, with the same faith. Sermon for All Saints.