01/11/2023
Wednesday November 1, 2023
ALL SAINTS (SOLEMNITY)
Office โ Proper, Te Deum
Mass prop. Gloria. Creed
Preface of All Saints
Vestment: White
Todayโs Rosary: The Sorrowful Mystery
Vespers II of the Solemnity of All Saints
A plenary indulgence, applicable only to the souls in purgatory, is granted to any of the faithful who: On one of the days from 1 to 8 November visits devoutly a cemetery or simply pray mentally for the dead.
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
Let us all rejoice in the Lord, as we celebrate the feast day in honour of all the Saints, at whose festival the Angels rejoice and praise the Son of God.
COLLECT
Almighty ever-living God, by whose gift we venerate in one celebration the merits of all the Saints, bestow on us, we pray, through the prayers of so many intercessors, an abundance of the reconciliation with you for which we earnestly long. Through our Lord. . .
-FIRST READING-
I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and tongues.
A reading from the Book of Revelation (Revelation 7:2-4.9-14)
I, John, saw another angel ascend from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea, saying, โDo not harm the earth or the sea or the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God upon their foreheads.โ And I heard the number of the sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand sealed, out of every tribe of the sons of Israel. After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, โSalvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb!โ And all the angels stood round the throne and round the elders and the four living creatures,