Sunday, November 1, 2026

1 November 2023 – All Saints – Holy Day of Obligation: We are all in this together.

Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui nos ómnium Sanctórum tuórum mérita sub una tribuísti celebritáte venerári: quaésumus; ut desiderátam nobis tuæ propitiatiónis abundántiam, multiplicátis intercessóribus, largiáris.

While some bishop might obliterate the obligation by transferring it to a Sunday (what’s the point of that?), as All Saints falls on a Wednesday this year, it is a Holy Day of Obligation. The Church can determine our obligations in regard to Mass attendance. It is a Commandment of the Church that we are to fulfill our obligation on…

Also posted: Nov 1, 2019

WDTPRS – 23rd Sunday after Pentecost: SNIP!

Absolve, quaesumus, Domine, tuorum delicta populorum, ut a peccatorum nexibus, quae pro nostra fragilitate contraximus, tua benignitate liberemur.

During his Sunday Angelus address today, 12 Nov, the Pope asked the sort of question that Popes ought to ask, especially at this time of the liturgical year, when we focus more and more on the Four Last Things and the End of the World: “One day will be the last. If it was today, am I prepared?”

Also posted: Oct 22, 2016

PRAYERCAzT 05: 23rd Sunday after Pentecost – 1962 Missale Romanum

Welcome to another installment of What Does the Prayer Really Sound Like? Today we will hear the prayers for the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost in the 1962 Missale Romanum. I speak all the prayers and readings and also sing the Collect and Post Communion prayers in the Festal Tone.

WDTPRS – All Saints: “Lift up your countenance to heaven, then.”

WDTPRS Friday 5th Week of Lent: “My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle”

Also posted: Apr 15, 2011 · Apr 7, 2006