Sung for the first time at the Oratory upon the accession of King Charles III
Dies Irae at the Requiem Mass for HM Queen Elizabeth
Sung for the first time at the Oratory upon the accession of King Charles III
Dies Irae at the Requiem Mass for HM Queen Elizabeth
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- Prosper of Aquitaine (+c.455), De gratia Dei et libero arbitrio contra Collatorem 22.61
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Grant unto thy Church, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that She, being gathered together by the Holy Ghost, may be in no wise troubled by attack from her foes. O God, who by sin art offended and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of Thy people making supplication unto Thee,and turn away the scourges of Thine anger which we deserve for our sins. Almighty and Everlasting God, in whose Hand are the power and the government of every realm: look down upon and help the Christian people that the heathen nations who trust in the fierceness of their own might may be crushed by the power of thine Arm. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
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Yes, Catholicism “does” England more Truly and
Nobly than does the C of E!
But that is of little surprise as The Church has known England since the 2nd Century.
How Beautiful, Good Father. Thank you.
A question….
Can a Requiem Mass be said for a Non Catholic. The prayer says faithful departed- I thought Catholics were faithful therefore deceased Catholics would be the Faithful Departed. Of course, prayers can be said for the dead.
It was the Catholics in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales who always fought most strenuously to defend the Crown. For protestants, a king is a merely human public functionary, and one who frequently gets in the way of them enriching themselves through the “protestant work ethic” (ie. Plundering the Poor).
The heritage of this attitude towards the Kingly dignity runs throughout the entirety of the of the Church Fathers all the way back to St. Peter and Paul. I believe it was Tertullian who remarked that Christians were more faithful to the Emperor than pagans.
Page 975 of the 1962 Roman Missal reads as follows:
PRAYER FOR THE QUEEN
IN ENGLAND AND WALES ONLY
(after Solemn Mass on Sunday).
V. O Lord, save Elizabeth our Queen.
R. And hear us in the day when we call upon Thee.
Let us pray. – Almighty God, we pray for thy servant Elizabeth our Queen, now by thy mercy reigning over us. Adorn her yet more with every virtue, remove all evil from her path, that with her consort, and all the royal family she may come at last in grace to thee, who art the way, the truth, and the life. Through Christ our Lord.
R. Amen.