The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls’ Day) – November 2nd, 2023
Three Mass formularies are given in the Roman Missal. The following is #2.
ENTRANCE RITE
Entrance Antiphon (Introit)
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them. (IV Esdras 2:34-35)
Entrance Song
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
My brother and sisters, to prepare ourselves to celebrate the mysterier, let us call to mind our sins.
I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.
May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.
Lord, have mercy,
Lord, have mercy,
Christ, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy,
Lord, have mercy,
OPENING PRAYER
O God, glory of the faithful and life of the just,
by the Death and Resurrection of whose Son
we have been redeemed, look mercifully on your departed servants,
hat, just as they professed the mystery of our resurrection,
so they may merit to receive the joys of eternal happiness.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
LITURGY OF THE WORD
FIRST READING
A reading from the book of Wisdom
The souls of the just are in the hands of God. (3:1-9)
The souls of the just are in the hand of God,
and no torment shall touch them.
They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be dead;
and their passing away was thought an affliction
and their going forth from us, utter destruction.
But they are in peace.
For if before men, indeed, they be punished,
yet is their hope full of immortality;
chastised a little, they shall be greatly blessed,
because God tried them
and found them worthy of himself.
As gold in the furnace, he proved them,
and as sacrificial offerings he took them to himself.
In the time of their visitation they shall shine,
and shall dart about as sparks through stubble;
they shall judge nations and rule over peoples,
and the Lord shall be their King forever.
Those who trust in him shall understand truth,
and the faithful shall abide with him in love:
because grace and mercy are with his holy ones,
and his care is with his elect.
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
(Ps 23)
Response: The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
or:
R. Though I walk in the valley of darkness, I fear no evil, for you are with me.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
In verdant pastures he gives me repose;
beside restful waters he leads me;
he refreshes my soul.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
or:
R. Though I walk in the valley of darkness, I fear no evil, for you are with me.
He guides me in right paths
for his name’s sake.
Even though I walk in the dark valley
I fear no evil; for you are at my side
with your rod and your staff
that give me courage.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
or:
R. Though I walk in the valley of darkness, I fear no evil, for you are with me.
You spread the table before me
in the sight of my foes;
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
or:
R. Though I walk in the valley of darkness, I fear no evil, for you are with me.
Only goodness and kindness follow me
all the days of my life;
and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD
for years to come.
R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
or:
R. Though I walk in the valley of darkness, I fear no evil, for you are with me.
SECOND READING
A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Romans
If we have died with Christ, we believe that we are also to live with him. (6:3-9)
Brothers and sisters:
Are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus
were baptized into his death?
We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death,
so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead
by the glory of the Father,
we too might live in newness of life.
For if we have grown into union with him through a death like his,
we shall also be united with him in the resurrection.
We know that our old self was crucified with him,
so that our sinful body might be done away with,
that we might no longer be in slavery to sin.
For a dead person has been absolved from sin.
If, then, we have died with Christ,
we believe that we shall also live with him.
We know that Christ, raised from the dead, dies no more;
death no longer has power over him.
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Alleluia, alleluia.
Come, you who are blessed by my Father;
inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. (Mt 25:34)
Alleluia.
GOSPEL
There are many rooms in my Father’s house. (6:37-40)
The Lord be with you.
And also with you.
A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John.
Glory to you, Lord.
Jesus said to the crowds:
“Everything that the Father gives me will come to me,
and I will not reject anyone who comes to me,
because I came down from heaven not to do my own will
but the will of the one who sent me.
And this is the will of the one who sent me,
that I should not lose anything of what he gave me,
but that I should raise it on the last day.
For this is the will of my Father,
that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him
may have eternal life,
and I shall raise him on the last day.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL
Our response is: Lord, hear our prayer.
For the Holy Catholic Church, for Francis our pope, Orazio our bishop, and for all bishops, priests, and deacons, we pray to the Lord:
Lord Hear Our Prayer
For the leaders of the nations, that they would seek first the Kingdom of God, and fill the world with the peace and justice of Christ, we pray to the Lord:
Lord Hear Our Prayer
For all those who are sick or suffering, and especially those who are near death, that they would experience a happy death, free of pain and loneliness, we pray to the Lord:
Lord Hear Our Prayer
For all the faithful departed in Christ, that perpetual light would shine upon them, and that their earthly imperfections be mercifully pardoned, we pray to the Lord:
Lord Hear Our Prayer
In thanksgiving for all of our departed friends, family, and community members, and the many ways in which they touched the lives of everyone around them; may their memory always live on, we pray to the Lord:
Lord Hear Our Prayer
In thanksgiving for the new life which we all have in Jesus Christ, as we joyfully await the heavenly hope he has promised for us, we pray to the Lord:
Lord Hear Our Prayer
THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
Offertory Song
PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS
Almighty and merciful God,
by means of these sacrifical offerings
wash away, we pray, in the Blood of Christ,
the sins of your departed servants,
for you purify unceasingly by your merciful forgiveness
those you once cleansed in the waters of Baptism.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
PREFACE and EUCHARISTIC PRAYER
COMMUNION RITE
Communion Antiphon
Let perpetual light shine upon them, O Lord,
with your Saints for ever, for you are merciful. (IV Esdras 2:35,34)
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Having received the Sacrament of your Only Begotten Son,
who was sacrificed for us and rose in glory,
we humbly implore you, O Lord,
for your departed servants,
that cleansed by the paschal mysteries,
they may glory in the gift of the resurrection to come.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Solemn Blessing:
May the God of all consolation bless you,
for in his unfathomable goodness he created the human race,
and in the Resurrection of his Only Begotten Son
he has given believers the hope of rising again.
Amen.
To us who are alive, may God grant pardon for our sins,
and to all the dead, a place of light and peace.
Amen.
So may we all live happily for ever with Christ,
whom we believe truly rose from the dead.
Amen.
And may the blessing of almighty God,
the Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit,
come down on you and remain with you for ever.
Amen.