CURATE’S CORNER: Why do we say, “With angels and archangels and all the company of heaven” within the liturgy right before the institution of the Lord’s Supper? And on this All-Saints’ Day, why do we say “all the company of heaven” recognizing all who have died in the Lord? First off, wherever Jesus is, there is the Kingdom of heaven as we know it in the body and blood of Jesus Christ that unites both heaven and earth into one kingdom of God.   One biblical example is in Revelation 7, where you see a picture of early Christian worship at a Divine Service (communion service). You have pictured the baptized Christians (dressed in white robes which indicates the baptized in the Bible), from all nations, with palm branches (like the faithful virgins in Mt. 25, they anticipate the coming of the Lord as the Bride groom and Rev. 19 where the Lord’s Supper is called the marriage supper). The Lamb sits on the throne which is the altar in church- the Body and ...