# @breyeschow on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2022-10-26T13:21:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Bruce Reyes-Chow (@breyeschow) — https://gondola.cc/breyeschow

## Caption

With All Saints Day, Día de los Muertos, and other markers of remembrance of saints and ancestors who have gone on before us, this week's Weekly Word is dedicated to them.

If you find yourself in places where you will say or remember the stories of those who have shaped and formed you, join me in giving thanks for those who have come before, known and unknown: who have created space, paved roads, busted down doors, broken glass ceilings, and bore the weight of preparing the way for the stories of future generation to be revealed.
 
Ancestors
For the saints who tilled the soil of faith
For the ancestors who planted seeds of justice
For generations past who harvested food for generations to follow
We remember you.
Let us not romanticize the struggles you endured
  but let your perseverance fuel our quests for justice.
Let us not repeat the persecution you bore
  but let us extend welcome to those who seek liberation.
Let us not forget the communities who shaped us
  and let us remember that we too shape others.
For the saints, the ancestors, and generations past, we give you thanks.
 
Published on #Patreon each Wednesday AM, each #WeeklyWord is a prayer, poem, or musing usually inspired by the upcoming Sunday lectionary passages for Christian Worship and flavored by current world events or random ideas that the Spirit whispers in my ear :-) To become a Patron and receive exclusive and early access to all the things visit my #Patreon via the #LinkInBio 

#AllSaintsDay #DiaDeLosMuertos #DayOfTheDead #Ancestors #Saints #Prayer #Liturgy #Holloween

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bruce Reyes-Chow | @breyeschow | https://gondola.cc/breyeschow | Writer/Author |

## Tags

prayer, dayofthedead, weeklyword, saints, holloween, ancestors, linkinbio, patreon, diadelosmuertos, allsaintsday, liturgy

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