Problem with "With All The Saints"

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Hello everyone, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this song by Bob Hurd that we sang at Mass today. I have a real problem with the bolded section but I may be overreacting. It seems horrifically heretical to me. What do you think?

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With all the saints, with prophets and martyrs, with holy Mary and Joseph, with those who came before and those who will follow, we gather here today, one body in the Lord, a sign and sacrament of Christ.

With all in need, the poor and forsaken to whom the innkeeper shuts the door, with those who are the least, yet first in the kingdom, we gather here today, one body in the Lord, a sign and sacrament of Christ.

With refugees and victims of violence, with those made homeless by Herod’s sword, with all the disappeared and those who still mourn them, we gather here today, one body in the Lord, a sign and sacrament of Christ.

With all who live compassion and mercy, all who defend human dignity, with people of good will from every faith and nation, we gather here today, one body in the Lord, a sign and sacrament of Christ.

With all who dare to toil for that city whose light shall shine from the mountaintop, where all may dwell in peace and know life’s full measure, we gather here today, one body in the Lord, a sign and sacrament of Christ.

So may this flock, this church once more gathered, faithfully follow its Shepherd’s voice. To be a living sign of the love of God and neighbor. we gather here today, one body in the Lord, a sign and sacrament of Christ.
 
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Catechism (bold mine):

The Church and non-Christians

[839] "Those who have not yet received the Gospel are related to the People of God in various ways."325

The relationship of the Church with the Jewish People . When she delves into her own mystery, the Church, the People of God in the New Covenant, discovers her link with the Jewish People,326 "the first to hear the Word of God."327 The Jewish faith, unlike other non-Christian religions, is already a response to God’s revelation in the Old Covenant. To the Jews “belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises; to them belong the patriarchs, and of their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ”,328 "for the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable."329

[840] And when one considers the future, God’s People of the Old Covenant and the new People of God tend towards similar goals: expectation of the coming (or the return) of the Messiah. But one awaits the return of the Messiah who died and rose from the dead and is recognized as Lord and Son of God; the other awaits the coming of a Messiah, whose features remain hidden till the end of time; and the latter waiting is accompanied by the drama of not knowing or of misunderstanding Christ Jesus.

841 The Church’s relationship with the Muslims . "The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind’s judge on the last day."330

[842] The Church’s bond with non-Christian religions is in the first place the common origin and end of the human race:

All nations form but one community. This is so because all stem from the one stock which God created to people the entire earth, and also because all share a common destiny, namely God. His providence, evident goodness, and saving designs extend to all against the day when the elect are gathered together in the holy city. . .331

[843] The Catholic Church recognizes in other religions that search, among shadows and images, for the God who is unknown yet near since he gives life and breath and all things and wants all men to be saved. Thus, the Church considers all goodness and truth found in these religions as “a preparation for the Gospel and given by him who enlightens all men that they may at length have life.” 332
 
Specifically the implication that those of other Faith’s are still a part of the body of Christ. Isn’t Baptism required for this?
 
@Delphinus I go entirely with the well chosen quotes from @TheLittleLady .

However, semantics plays a role as does punctuation. Take the phrase you highlighted in bold, and separate the phrase at the comma:
Delphinus said:
with people of good will from every faith and nation
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Put a dot to end the above phrase. Continue the next phrase as if separated by punctuation.
Delphinus said:
we gather here today, one body in the Lord, a sign and sacrament of Christ.
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Now it’s suddenly correct in doctrinal terms. Thus solving the objection you raised by exchanging a dot for a comma.
 
Vatican II defined church in the broadest sense as all men of good will.
 
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