The OF Funeral Mass does a pretty nice job of "commemorating" the passing of the deceased, and there are some prayers specifically for the departed's soul, but usually no mention of "purgatory", only talk of how nice everything will be at the last day, and that is what we basically celebrate on the day.
IOW, the congregation is asked to "transcend" the present moment into the future, even while the Liturgy doesn't ask nearly as much transcendence! So, like everything else in the modern Liturgy, it is all about everyone, and "dona eis requiem" is absolutely out!
In fact, that leads me to another question: when will we be allowed a proper "Rite of Catholic Burial"? Thanked by 1 Casavant Organist. CharlesW April Posts: 11, I remember the buzz when the rite was changed. Supposedly, as we were told, the old requiem was too influenced by the Black Plague and was dark and morbid.
We were told funeral liturgies should celebrate the resurrection and be more hopeful and positive. I suspect there were some valid points from both sides. Thanked by 1 Carol. Traditionally, in Masses for the dead, the responses at the Agnus Dei were modified: Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: dona eis requiem. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: dona eis requiem.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi: dona eis requiem sempiternam. This modification is no longer indicated in the Order of Mass or Christian Burial , so you were perfectly correct. This is one of only a few substantive changes in the chants for the Mass for the dead Requiem , along with the Dies irae, the modified psalm-tone at the Introit, and of course the use of Alleluia chant s in Masses outside of Lent.
Settefrati93 April Posts: I find this to be hilarious that in the "land of options" of the OF, this is not one of them. Thanked by 2 tomjaw CCooze. RomanticStrings April Posts: How is that, as one acquaints themselves more with both forms of the Mass, the changes that created the Ordinary Form come more into question? I know this is not the case for everyone, but why would people create a form of the liturgy where "something is missing"?
Thanked by 1 ClergetKubisz. It wasn't that something was missing in the requiem. The thinking seems to have been that something foreign to the liturgy was added in Medieval times. Everything in the EF is not necessarily normative, with some things being accretions over time.
There was a deliberate effort to remove some of those accretions and refocus the liturgy to emphasize the Resurrection of Christ. How well all that succeeded is up to individual interpretation.
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The solemn Mass of a late sumptum anniversary may be celebrated on a day of the Lesser Double Rite, but not of the Greater Double. The solemn Mass that is celebrated on the days of the octave of All Souls' Day enjoys the same privilege cf. As has been said above V.
This Mass, however, may be celebrated only on days of the Semi-Double or the Simple Rite, exclusive of those days named above on which is forbidden to celebrate the anniversary Requiem Mass. This Mass, like that of the anniversary late sumptum , is of the Lesser Double Rite; while the Mass of the third, seventh, and thirtieth days, as also that of the anniversary stricte sumptum , is of the Greater Double Rite, since it may be celebrated on the doubles that are not of the first or of the second class.
They are of the Semi-Double Rite, because they have three prayers , and correspond to the Office that is recited without duplication of the antiphons. It is forbidden to celebrate these Masses on any of the days mentioned above, upon which the anniversary Masses may not be celebrated, or on the days on which there is a feast of the Double Rite, even the Lesser, and therefore they are allowed only on semi-double, non-privileged days.
This Mass is truly conventual, should be celebrated after Prime, as the rubrics of the Missal prescribe XV, 3 and should be a sung Mass decrees and The first of the month is understood to mean the first day of the month that is free of any double or semi-double, even transferred, office decree ; and if there be no such free day in the whole month, the obligation ceases; which frequently happens, especially now, when the votive offices have been admitted.
In this Mass of Requiem, as in all other sung Masses hitherto mentioned, the Sequence should never been omitted, as the reformed Rubric of the Missal and the general decree of 30 June, No. The three Prayers of the fourth formulary should be used decree , for they are adapted to the end which the Church has in view in prescribing the monthly celebration of this Mass, which is a "generaliter pro defunctis sacerdotibus, benefactoribus et aliis", as the above-cited rubric shows.
The liturgical law, however, has been very much changed in relation to low Masses; and, as there are among them some that are more privileged than others, we will divide them according to the privileges which they enjoy. And as, on the other hand, poverty often prevents the relatives of the deceased from having the obsequies celebrated with solemnity, the Church , always a loving and indulgent mother, permits the high Mass to be replaced by a low one.
At first, some limitations were placed on this opportune concession cf. Decree of 22 May, , in Mechlinen. In our opinion, the exequial Mass, which takes the place of the high Mass, enjoys the privileges of the latter, when, through special circumstances, the high Mass cannot be celebrated, even in the case of the wealthy; as for example, if the persons invited to the funeral could not remain long at the church, and the relatives of the deceased should on that account ask that the Mass be a low one.
This is actually the practice in some places, and we believe that it may not be condemned, seeing that it is accordance with the spirit of the Church , which, in recent times, has considerably modified its regulation in this connexion. This law was justified by the great reverence in which the Double Rite was held, and by the fact that, at the time of Pius V , there were very few feasts of this rite in the universal calendar.
But as the number of these feasts has been greatly augmented, especially in the calendars of some religious orders, and in those of some dioceses , there was no longer any reason for the rule: first, because the Double Rite, having come to be so abundantly granted, was no longer held in the high esteem that it formerly enjoyed; secondly because the great number of new Doubles made it impossible to celebrate low Requiem Masses on the day of the burial.
These considerations were submitted to the Congregation of Rites in February, On 19 May following there was published the general Decree No. There are, however, certain conditions for the celebration of these low Masses: 1 They are allowed only on the day of the obsequies and in the church where the obsequies are celebrated, with or without presence of the corpse, as had been said under V S.
Such were hitherto the rules for low Masses on the day of obsequies and in the same church, but by a recent decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites these Low Masses are now forbidden also on all Doubles of the Second Class. These Masses, of course, are of the Double Rite; they have but one prayer , and the sequence is as in the solemn high Mass.
Low Mass in the private chapel, before the burial This Mass of Requiem, also, is a recent concession of the Holy See in behalf of the deceased.
By this concession, all the Masses allowed by the Brief by which the privilege of a private oratory was granted, may be celebrated as Requiems, on all the days on which the body remains in the house, on condition that they are offered only for the deceased cf.
The same is true of all the Masses said in what are called mortuary chapels , in the palaces of cardinals , bishops , and princes, at the death of such personages, as long as the body remains exposed there, provided these Masses are for the repose of the deceased prince or prelate. Low Masses in cemetery chapels In the public or semi-public oratories of cemeteries, and also in the private chapels erected in burial places, Requiem Masses may be said every day, provided they be offered for the dead, except 1 on all feasts of precept, including Sunday; 2 on the Doubles of the First or Second Class; 3 on Ash Wednesdays and during Holy Week ; 4 on the vigils of Christmas and of Pentecost; and 5 during the privileged octaves of Christmas , Epiphany, Easter , Pentecost, and Corpus Christi S.
This privilege, however, does not extend to the parochial church, although that church may be surrounded by a cemetery, and therefore considered a cemetery chapel ; neither does it extend to those oratories which have been erected in disused cemeteries S. By a recent decree of the Sacred Congregation on Rites the daily Low Masses are forbidden on the following days of a Semi-Double or Simple Rite: a all ferials of Lent ; b quartertenses; c Rogation Monday; d vigils; e ferial on which the office of a Sunday is anticipated.
In the Masses of these ferials or vigils, if they are celebrated for one of more deceased persons , it is permitted to insert, in the penultimate place, the oration for the deceased person or persons , and although those Masses are celebrated in violet or green vestments, nevertheless, by concession of the reigning pontiff, the indulgence of a privileged altar may be gained.
The Sacred Congregation of Rites had already declared this by the Decrees no. They are of the Semi-Double Rite, and have three prayers at least, and sometimes five or seven, the number always being an odd one, as the Missal shows V, 4.
According to the new liturgical laws however, S. If, on the other hand, the Mass be offered for the dead in general, the three prayers are said as the Missal provides. As is known, the sequence may be omitted or recited in the daily low Mass , according to the choice of the celebrant. Bologna, For the new liturgical law, Ephemerides Liturg.
Mechlin, s. Geloof, ; S. APA citation. Piacenza, P. Masses of Requiem. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. MLA citation.
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