All Saints

Sunday 1 November 2009

OMNIUM SANCTORUM
All Saints
1st Class, White
Gloria; Credo; Preface of the Holy Trinity
commem. of Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost


Oremus.

Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui nos ómnium Sanctórum tuórum mérita sub una tribuísti celebritáte venerári : quæsumus ; ut desiderátam nobis tuæ propitiatiónis abundántiam, multiplicátis intercessóribus, largiáris. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

Almighty and everlasting God, who hast granted us to venerate the merits of all thy Saints in one solemnity, vouchsafe to us, we beseech thee, through the multitude of our intercessors, that abundance of thy mercy for which we ever have hoped. Through.

~~*~~



~~*~~

Desire for Union with the Heavenly Family

In remarks he made to pilgrims before praying the Angelus on All Saints last year, Benedict XVI invited them to consider "the panorama of saintliness. The world", he said, "appears to us as a 'garden', where the Spirit of God, with marvellous ingenuity, created a multitude of male and female saints, from every age and social condition, of every language, people and culture.

"Each is different from the others in the uniqueness of his or her own human personality and spiritual charism. All, however, are marked by the 'seal' of Jesus, the imprint of His love".

The Pope explained how the Solemnity of All Saints "came into being during the course of the first Christian millennium as a collective celebration of the martyrs. ... We can, in fact, interpret such martyrdom in a broader sense, that of unreserved love for Christ, a love expressed in the total gift of self to God and to one's brothers and sisters. This spiritual goal, to which all the baptised are called, is achieved by following the path of the evangelical beatitudes. ... This is the same path traced by Jesus and that the saints strove to follow, always aware of their human limits. In their earthly existence, in fact, they were poor in spirit, pained by their sins, mild, starved of and thirsting for justice, merciful, pure of heart, peacemakers, persecuted for righteousness' sake. And God himself gave them a share in His own happiness. ... Now they are consoled. ... They see the God Whose children they are. In a word: 'theirs is the Kingdom of heaven'.

"On this day", the Holy Father concluded, "We feel our hearts aflame with the desire for everlasting union with the family of saints, of which we already have the grace to be a part. ... May this beautiful aspiration burn in all Christians and help them to overcome all difficulties, fears and tribulations".

~~*~~

Links:

• Fr Goffine's The Church's Year
• Gregorian Chant propers
• chantblog
• Gregorian Chant for All Saints (audio, 38 mins)
• "For All the Saints" (video)
• NLM: Gospel for the Feast of All Saints - The Beatitudes
• Abbot Cuthbert Johnson: All Saints
• Ted Krasnicki: Commentary on All Saints propers (NLM)
  

(image: breviary.net)

notes: November

Notes for the Liturgy during November

1. All Saints' Day is a holyday of obligation in the Universal Church.

2. The month of November is dedicated to the Holy Souls. On all the days from November 1st through to November 8th, inclusive, a plenary indulgence, applicable to the Poor Souls only, is granted to those who visit a cemetary and pray, even if only mentally, for the departed. Partial indulgences are granted to those who recite Lauds or Vespers of the Office of the Dead, and tho those who recite the prayer "Requiem aternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis. Requiescant in pace". The Daily Mass for the Dead can be offered on every fourth or third class day of the week from November 3rd until November 8th.

3. At Mass on All Souls' Day (November 2nd), the faithful may hold lit candles during the Gospel, again from the Sanctus through to the end of the Canon, and again for the Absolution after Mass. The Priest says Requiescant in pace instead of Ite Missa est; there is no final blessing. Today all Priests may say three Masses but may keep only one stipend; Priests who say three Masses must say one for all the faithful departed and one for the Holy Father's intentions. If only one Mass is said, it is the formula for the first Mass. A plenary indulgence, applicable to the Poor Souls only, is granted to those who visit any Parish Church or Public Oratory and recite there one Our Father and one Credo.

4. All indulgences whatsoever may be applied to the Poor Souls at any time by way of suffrage. (The simple intention to offer them for the Poor Souls is sufficient.)

5. November 4th is the feastday of St Charles Boromeo (3rd class, except in Seminaries where it is 1st Class, a Patronal Feast). A proper Mass can be found in the Missal supplement, Proprium Sanctorum pro Aliquibis Locis, which may nowadays be used anywhere instead of the Mass provided in the body of the Missal.

(excerpted/adapted from the 2009 Liturgical Ordo, Priestly Fraternity of St Peter)

2010 Liturgical Ordo

The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter's online store has recently released the new 2010 Liturgical Ordo and the 2010 Liturgical Calendar.

2010 Liturgical Ordo

The 2010 Liturgical Ordo and FSSP Directory contains the complete calendar of the Mass and Office for each day of the year, the directory of the FSSP worldwide, documents pertaining to the FSSP and the Latin Mass (including Pope Benedict’s motu proprio “Summorum Pontificum”) and more.

Price $10.00 U.S.

Available from: Fraternity Publications.

Our Lord Jesus Christ the King

Sunday 25 October 2009

D.N. IESU CHRISTI REGIS
Our Lord Jesus Christ the King
1st Class, White
Plenary Indulgence; Gloria, Credo, Proper Preface
no commemoration of Sunday


Oremus.

Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui in dilécto Fílio tuo, universórum Rege, ómnia instauráre voluísti : concéde propítius ; ut cunctæ famíliæ Géntium, peccáti vúlnere disgregátæ, ejus suavíssimo subdántur império : Qui tecum.

Let us pray.


Almighty and everlasting God, who hast exalted thy beloved Son to be King over all worlds, and hast willed in him to make all things new : mercifully grant that the kindreds of the earth which are wounded and dispersed by sin : may speedily be knit together under his gracious sovereignty. Who liveth and reigneth with thee.

Links:

• What Does the Prayer Really Say?
• WDTPRS: Plenary Indulgence for Christ the King
• Gregorian Chant propers

(image: Hendrick van den Broeck (1519-1597), The Resurrection of Christ, Sistine Chapel.)

Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday 18 October 2009

DOMINICA XX POST PENTECOSTEN
Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
2nd Class, Green
Gloria; Credo; Preface of the Holy Trinity
Commem for the Propagation of the Faith under same conclusion
at all Masses
Commem of S Luke Evangelist at Low Masses

Oremus.

Largíre, quæsumus, Dómine, fidélibus tuis indulgéntiam placátus et pacem : ut páriter ab ómnibus mundéntur offénsis, et secúra tibi mente desérviant. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

Grant, we beseech thee, merciful Lord, to thy faithful people pardon and peace : that they may be cleansed from all their sins, and serve thee with a quiet mind. Through.

Links:

• Fr Goffine's The Church's Year
• Gregorian Chant propers

(image: breviary.net)

Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday 11 October 2009

DOMINICA XIX POST PENTECOSTEN
Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
2nd Class, Green
Gloria; Credo; Preface of the Holy Trinity
Commem. of the Motherhood of the BVM at Low Masses

Oremus.

Omnípotens et miséricors Deus, univérsa nobis adversántia propitiátus exclúde : ut mente et córpore páriter expedíti, quæ tua sunt, líberis méntibus exsequámur. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

O almighty and most merciful God, of thy bountiful goodness keep us, we beseech thee, from all things that may hurt us : that we, being ready both in body and soul, may cheerfully accomplish those things that thou wouldest have done. Through.

Links:

• Fr Goffine's The Church's Year
• Gregorian Chant propers

(image source unknown)

Blessed Virgin Mary of the Rosary

Wednesday 7 October 2009

B. MARIAE VIRGINIS A ROSARIO
Blessed Virgin Mary of the Rosary
also called Commemoration of Our Lady of Victory
2nd Class, White
Gloria; Credo; Preface of the BVM
commem. of Pope St Mark at Low Masses


Oremus.

Deus, cujus Unigénitus per vitam, mortem et resurrectiónem suam nobis salútis ætérnæ præmia comparávit : concéde, quæsumus ; ut hæc mystéria sanctíssimo beátæ Maríæ Vírginis Rosário recoléntes, et imitémur quod cóntinent, et quod promíttunt, assequámur. Per eúmdem Dóminum.

Let us pray.

O God, whose only-begotten Son, by his life, death, and resurrection, hath purchased for us the rewards of eternal salvation : grant, we beseech thee ; that by meditating upon these mysteries of the most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we may both imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise. Through the same.

~~*~~

In 1571 Pope St Pius V instituted "Our Lady of Victory" as an annual feast to commemorate the victory of Lepanto. The victory was attributed to Our Lady, as a rosary procession was offered on that day in St. Peter's Square in Rome for the success of the mission of the Holy League to hold back Muslim forces from overrunning Western Europe. In 1573, Pope Gregory XIII changed the title of this feast-day to "Feast of the Holy Rosary". This feast was extended by Pope Clement XII to the whole of the Latin Rite, inserting it into the Roman Catholic calendar of saints in 1716, and assigning it to the first Sunday in October. Pope St Pius X changed the date to 7 October in 1913.


(second image: the Battle of Lepanto, Yogesh Brahmbhatt)

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Sunday 4 October 2009

DOMINICA XVIII POST PENTECOSTEN
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
2nd Class, Green
Gloria; Credo; Preface of the Holy Trinity


Oremus.

Dírigat corda nostra, quæsumus, Dómine, tuæ miseratiónis operátio : quia tibi sine te placére non póssumus. Per Dóminum.

Let us pray.

Grant, we beseech thee, O Lord, that the operation of thy mercy may direct our hearts, forasmuch as without thee we are not able to please thee. Through.

Links:

• Fr Goffine's The Church's Year
• Gregorian Chant propers

(image: breviary.net)

notes: October

Notes for the Liturgy during October

1. On Sunday October 4th, the External Solemnity of Our Lady of the Rosary may be celebrated instead of the 18th Sunday after Pentecost. The Mass of the feast (October 7th) is used and there is a commemoration of the Sunday, even at sung Masses.

2. Sunday October 18th is "World Mission Sunday". The orations for the "Propagation of the Faith" are added under a single conclusion to the orations for the 20th Sunday after Pentecost.

3. Sunday October 25th is the feast of the Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ. There is no commemoration of the 21st Sunday after Pentecost. One may gain a plenary indulgence by the public recitation of the Act of Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, subject to the usual conditions.

(excerpted/adapted from the 2009 Liturgical Ordo, Priestly Fraternity of St Peter)

First Thursday of the Month: Plenary Indulgence Available

For the faithful, a plenary indulgence can be obtained on the opening and closing days of the Year for Priests, on the 150th anniversary of the death of St. Jean-Marie Vianney, on the first Thursday of the month, or on any other day established by the ordinaries of particular places for the good of the faithful.

To obtain the indulgence the faithful must attend Mass in an oratory or Church and offer prayers to "Jesus Christ, supreme and eternal Priest, for the priests of the Church, or perform any good work to sanctify and mould them to his heart."

The conditions for the faithful for earning a plenary indulgence are to have gone to confession and prayed for the intentions of the Pope.

(source: Zenit/A Catholic Life)