Requiem Mass Missal

[thesmellypocket 1859]

Requiem Mass in the Judite Rite

 

Entrance

 

[The organ plays solemnly as the priest goes unto the altar, assisted by a Brother. The coffin is pre-laid at the foot of the altar, and decorated beautifully, but in subdued colours. When the priest signals, everyone kneels, and ‘Kyrie Eleison’ [Lord have mercy] is sung three times. The priest incenses the altar and the coffin.]

 

Priest: Eternal rest grant unto him/her, O Lord.

 

Reply: And may perpetual light shine upon him. 

 

Priest: May he rest in peace.

 

Reply: Amen. (Crossing themselves.)

 

Scroll Reading

 

[The Brother takes the Scroll from the side of the Altar,  the Brother holds out the page. The priest incenses the word, before saying:

 

Please stand for the Word of God:

 

‘So Aeriel came among them, and by GOD's will the brothers were alleviated of the pains of their imperfections. And thus Krug's wrath was tempered with honor, Malin’s impotency with sanctuary, and Urguan's greed with strength of will. But at the command of GOD, Aeriel did not alleviate Horen's pain. For to Horen, the Lord promised the Skies. And Horen was assumed into them...’

 

Sprinkling Rite

 

[The priest asks the congregation to kneel. The priest is given a bowl of holy water and sponge by the Brother, and, kneeling, blesses it solemnly three times by crossing over it. 

 

Priest: Behold the waters of Gamesh, behold that which takest away the sins of the world.

 

Reply: Thanks be to God.

 

Priest: Please stand.

 

The solemn hymn ‘Parce Domine’ is sung twice as the priest sprinkles the coffin with copious amounts of holy water, before sprinkling the congregation.

 

 

 

 

‘Parce Domine,

Parce populo tuo

Ne in aeternum

Irascaris nobis.’

 

[Grant peace, O Lord

Grant peace to Thy people

Do not be angry with us forever.]

 

Dedication

 

Priest: Let us pray. Confident in the sure and certain knowledge of the life of the world that is to come, we do here dedicate the body of [name] to the earth. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord.

 

Reply: And may perpetual light shine upon him.

 

[The grave is solemnly and silently led to the place of burial, and dedicated. The ceremony ends:]

 

Priest: (All bowing heads) Glory to the Father, and to Horen, and to all the Saints.

 

Reply: As it was the beginning, is now and ever shall be. World without end. Amen.

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Appendix: instead of the scroll, can be sung:

 

Priest: From the work of our glorious Patriarch, Saint Jude:

 

‘Salvatio...Themate multi viri dixerunt super, quaesitus antiquus: estne vita post mortem. Responsus est: vero, est vita ultra haec. Multi viri, etiam hi quis credant in Fidem, incessunt ideam. Sed, cogitatis sedulo, cur donat Dominus vitam et promittit salvationem, sed non donat.’

 

[Salvation...The subject many men have spoken on, the age-old question: is there an afterlife? The answer is: verily, there is a life beyond this. Many men, even those who believe in the Faith, denounce this idea. But, thinking carefully, why would the Lord give life and promise salvation, but not grant it?]

 

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