All Souls' Day - November 2nd

Eternal Rest grant unto them O Lord

And let Perpetual Light shine upon them

May they Rest in Peace.

II Machabees 12: 43-46
And making a gathering, [Judas] sent twelve thousand drachms of silver to Jerusalem for sacrifice to be offered for the sins of the dead, thinking well and religiously concerning the resurrection, (For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should rise again, it would have seemed superfluous and vain to pray for the dead,) And because he considered that they who had fallen asleep with godliness, had great grace laid up for them. It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins.




Pray for the deceased members of our family (and friends):
Agnes, Leo, Heidi, Francis, Bob, Bobby, Marty, Timmy, Bob, Fr. Sheehan, Fr. Kunz, Fr. Shamon, Fr. Fiore, David, Page, .....

Post the names of the deceased memebers of your family and we will remember to pray for them in return. I know I have a much longer list than above but this was just the quick list... for starters...

Dies Irae, Dies Illa

Sequence from the Mass on All Souls Day
(in English)

***if you are taking notes, I would like this sung at my funeral***
That day of wrath, that dreadful day,shall heaven and earth in ashes lay,as David and the Sybil say.
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What horror must invade the mind when the approaching Judge shall find and sift the deeds of all mankind!

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The mighty trumpet's wondrous tone shall rend each tomb's sepulchral stone and summon all before the Throne.

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Now death and nature with surprise behold the trembling sinners rise to meet the Judge's searching eyes.

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Then shall with universal dread the Book of Consciences be read to judge the lives of all the dead. *
For now before the Judge severe all hidden things must plain appear; no crime can pass unpunished here.

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O what shall I, so guilty plead? and who for me will intercede? when even Saints shall comfort need?

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O King of dreadful majesty! grace and mercy You grant free; as Fount of Kindness, save me!

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Recall, dear Jesus, for my sake you did our suffering nature take then do not now my soul forsake!

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In weariness You sought for me, and suffering upon the tree! let not in vain such labor be.

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O Judge of justice, hear, I pray, for pity take my sins away before the dreadful reckoning day.

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You gracious face, O Lord, I seek; deep shame and grief are on my cheek; in sighs and tears my sorrows speak.

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You Who did Mary's guilt unbind, and mercy for the robber find, have filled with hope my anxious mind.

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How worthless are my prayers I know, yet, Lord forbid that I should go into the fires of endless woe.

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Divorced from the accursed band, O make me with Your sheep to stand, as child of grace, at Your right Hand.

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When the doomed can no more flee from the fires of misery with the chosen call me.

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Before You, humbled, Lord, I lie, my heart like ashes, crushed and dry, assist me when I die.

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Full of tears and full of dread is that day that wakes the dead, calling all, with solemn blast to be judged for all their past.

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Lord, have mercy, Jesus blest, grant them all Your Light and Rest. Amen.

If you look closely at the bottom of this picture it says, "The End". (haha)

One thing I found fascinating as I was looking through pictures of All Souls' Day was that in each of the pictures of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered on this day in the Traditional Rite there was a casket in the picture. I had never seen that before.