{"id":2439,"date":"2006-11-13T22:19:38","date_gmt":"2006-11-13T22:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2006\/11\/14-november-requiem-mass-for-a\/"},"modified":"2006-11-13T22:19:38","modified_gmt":"2006-11-13T22:19:38","slug":"14-november-requiem-mass-for-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vultuschristi.org\/index.php\/2006\/11\/14-november-requiem-mass-for-a\/","title":{"rendered":"14 November, Requiem Mass for All the Departed Who Did Battle Under the Rule of Saint Benedict"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIt is a cherished monastic tradition to pray for the dead. Cistercians, in particular, have the custom of praying an entire Psalter (all 150 Psalms) for the dead, concluding each psalm with the verse, “Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.”
\nToday’s Mass will be offered for all the departed who soldiered under the Rule of Saint Benedict. The Christian life is marked by spiritual combat. “For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiitual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places” (Eph 6:12). The monk, the nun, or the oblate living in the world engages in spiritual combat by making use of the seventy\u2013four tools of good works enumerated in Chapter Four of the Rule of Saint Benedict.
\nAfter death, the veterans of spiritual combat are not abandoned by their monastic family. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, psalmody, and the prayer of the Rosary hasten their purification and obtain a speedy deliverance into “the land of the living” where the light of glory shines from the Face of Christ.
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\nENTRANCE ANTIPHON
\nGR
\nEternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
\nand let the radiance of your light shine forever upon them (cf. 2 Es 2:35).
\nV. To you our praise is due in Zion, O God.
\nTo you we pay our vows, you who hear our prayer;
\nto you all flesh will come (Ps 64:2-3).
\nCOLLECT
\nO God, giver of pardon and lover of humankind,
\nwe beseech your mercy
\nthat through the intercession of blessed Mary ever-virgin,
\nand of all your saints,
\nour brothers and sisters, relatives and benefactors
\nwho have passed out of this life,
\nmay be admitted into the fellowship of everlasting bliss.
\nThrough our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
\nwho lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
\nGod, forever and ever.
\nGENERAL INTERCESSIONS
\nFor the Church, the mystical body of Christ;
\nthat knit together in one communion,
\nshe may proclaim with one voice the resurrection of her Head,
\nand the sure and certain hope of all his members,
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US.
\nFor all the faithful departed;
\nthat having received the light of Christ in holy Baptism,
\nthey may pass through the gates of death
\ninto the fullness of his radiance,
\nand fix their gaze forever upon the splendour of his Face,
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US.
\nFor the leaders of nations;
\nthat, delivered from temptations to greed and the abuse of power,
\nthey may look to God for salvation and peace,
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US.
\nFor those who mourn the death of loved ones;
\nfor the abandoned elderly;
\nand for the lonely, the sick, and the dying;
\nthat they may lift their eyes to the Face of the crucified and risen Christ
\nand in him find a hope that cannot disappoint,
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US.
\nFor all of us assembled here;
\nthat, following the teaching of Saint Benedict,
\nwe may yearn for eternal life with all possible spiritual desire,
\nand find in the Eucharist the antidote for death,
\nand the food that makes us live forever in Jesus Christ,
\nto the Lord we pray: Christ, hear us. R. CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY HEAR US.
\nCOLLECT AT THE GENERAL INTERCESSIONS
\nLord God of mercies,
\ngrant to the souls of all thy servants
\na place of cool repose,
\nthe blessedness of quiet,
\nand the brightness of light.
\nThrough Christ our Lord.
\nOFFERTORY ANTIPHON
\nGR
\nLord Jesus Christ, King of glory,
\ndeliver the souls of all the faithful departed from the pains of hell
\nand from the bottomless pit.
\nSave them from the lion’s jaws;
\nlet them not be engulfed in hell
\nnor swallowed up in darkness.
\nLet Saint Michael the standard\u2013bearer
\nbring them into that holy light which thou didst of old
\npromise to Abraham and his posterity.
\nV. Lord, in praise of thee we offer sacrifice and prayer;
\naccept them for the good of those souls
\nwhom we call to mind this day.
\nLord, make them pass from death to life,
\nwhich thou didst of old
\npromise to Abraham and his posterity.
\nPRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
\nAlmighty and merciful God,
\nby this sacrifice, cleanse in the Blood of Christ, we beseech you,
\nyour departed servants from all their sins;
\nand having washed them in the water of baptism,
\npurify them unceasingly with the pardon of your lovingkindness.
\nThrough Christ our Lord.
\nPREFACE
\nIt is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,
\nalways and everywhere to give you thanks,
\nLord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God,
\nthrough Christ our Lord.
\nIn him there has dawned for us
\nthe hope of a blessed resurrection,
\nso that those who are saddened by the certainty of dying,
\nmay be consoled by the promise of the immortality to come.
\nThe life of those who are faithful to you, Lord,
\nis but changed, not ended;
\nand when their earthly dwelling place decays,
\nan eternal home is made ready in heaven.
\nTherefore with Angels and Archangels,
\nwith Thrones and Dominations,
\nand with all the hosts of heaven,
\nwe sing a hymn to your glory as we ceaselessly proclaim:
\nCOMMUNION ANTIPHON
\nGR and MR
\nMay light eternal shine upon them, O Lord,
\nwith your saints forever, for you are merciful (cf. 2 Es 2:35).
\nPRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
\nHaving partaken of the sacrament of your only-begotten Son
\nwho for us was sacrificed and rose in glory,
\nwe humbly implore you, Lord, for your departed servants;
\nthat purified by the paschal mysteries,
\nthey may rejoice in the gift of the resurrection to come.
\nThrough Christ our Lord.
\nSOLEMN BLESSING
\nMay the peace of God,
\nwhich is beyond all understanding,
\nkeep your hearts and minds
\nin the knowledge and love of God
\nand of his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
\nR. Amen.
\nAnd may the blessing of Almighty God,
\nthe Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
\ndescend upon you and remain with you forever.
\nR. Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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