Thursday 11 November 2021
Absolutions at the catafalque after the Fathers & Brothers Requiem last Friday.
“After Mass, the clergy preceded by the Cross range themselves round the catafalque, which is placed in the nave of the church, to represent the dead, at the very spot where their bodies once rested before the altar of God. The cantors intone the ninth Responsory of Matins; it is followed by the Prayers said at the conclusion of the Office, during the singing of which, the Priest honours the dead with holy water and incense, as on each one’s funeral-day.” (From ‘The Liturgical Year’ by Dom Prosper Guéranger)
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