Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Pope Francis Memorial Mass

Yesterday, we had a Mass in Honor of Pope Francis. I would assume that the propers used were from the masses from the dead, from the prayers for the Pontiff. The color of the vestments for the mass was Red. We had one celebrating priest (no con-celebrants), and two deacons. One deacon wore the dalmatic, and the other wore only the stole. I was put in charge of incense, and for the first time, I followed the GIRM:

From the epiclesis until the Priest shows the chalice, the Deacon usually remains kneeling. If several Deacons are present, one of them may place incense in the thurible for the Consecration and incense the host and the chalice at the elevation.

Compare this to mass without a deacon:

 If incense is being used, when the host and the chalice are shown to the people after the Consecration, a minister incenses them.

 Normally we only have one deacon, so when I do incense usually, I kneel at the foot of the altar and incense as the priest elevates the host and chalice. But today, since we had two deacons, and we was willing to help, I was able to have the deacon incense the host and chalice. 

It was a nice service. I wanted to make two notes with this for your use. First, incense. How the deacon is the one to incense. As well, we wore red today. All the music was on the organ. Which the entrance was an antiphon. And the Presentation Hymn was "These Alone are Enough", which I also believe was written by Saint Ignatius of Loyola, which is nice, because he was the founder of the Jesuits, and Pope Francis was Jesuit. And the Communion hymn was also an antiphon, and both the antiphons were from the Funeral mass.


Orate Pro Papa Francisco, Requiscat in Pace +; Eternal Rest Grant unto Him O Lord, and Let Perpetual Light Shine Upom Him

1 comment:

  1. By the way, the photo from today is from my parish, Holy Family in Shorewood, Illinois, that I took of the display after Sunday Mass.

    Previously I shared a photo from Saint John Vianney Seminary with the last post, but this time is one I took my self.

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