The Irish standard., 1915-10-30

in this manner do not fulfil their duty,
towards the souls of the de-
parted, wherewith We have been
inflamed from boyhood to supply
in some wise, as far as in Us lies, the
suffrages omitted to their great detri-
ment. This commiseration indeed stirs
us all the more today, when, the
torches of the most calumitous war
having been applied to almost all
Europe. We perceive almost before
Our eyes such multitude of men, in
the flower of their age, succumb to
premature death in battle; to purify
their souls, though the piety of kin
dred be not lacking, who will say
nevertheless that it is equal to the
need? But since by the divine counsel
We have been made the common
father of all, We wish, with paternal
bounty, to make Our children who
have passed away, who for Us are
most dear and most desired, partake
abundantly of the treasures accumu-
lated from the merits of Jesus Christ.
Therefore, having invoked the en-
lightenment of heavenly Wisdom and
consulted some of the Fathers Car
dinals of the Holy Roman Church be-
longing to the S. Congregation of the
Discipline of the Sacramento and of
the Sacred Rites, we enact in per-
petuity the following:
1. 1t shall be lawful for all Priests
in the universal Church to celebrate
thrice on the day on which Solemn
Commemoration of all the faithful de-
parted is observed; subject, however,
to this law, that they can apply one
of the three Masses for whomsoever
they prefer and accept an offering;
but they shall be bound, having &C.
cepted an offering, to apply the second
Mass by way of suffrage for all the
faithful departed, the third according
to the intention of the Supreme Pom
tiff, which we have more than suffi-
GENTLY declared.
ii. What Our Predecessor, Clement
XIII, granted in a Letter dated the 10
May, 1861, that is, that on the day of
Solemn Commemoration all affairs
should be as matter of course privi-
legged, the same, as far as may be
necessary, We confirm by Our Author
ity.
III. The three Masses, of which We
have spoken above, shall be so cele-
brated as Our Predecessor, Benedict
XIV, of happy memory, prescribed for
the Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal.
Whose may wish to celebrate one
Mass only shall celebrate that which
in the Missal is inscribed with the
legend in Commemoratione omnium
fidelium defunctorum Tin Commemora-
ton of all the faithful departed);
whose is about to celebrate a sung
Mass, shall select the same, power be-
ing granted to him to anticipate the
second and third.
Nv. Wherever it happens that the
Most August Sacrament is exposed for
the Forty Hours Alteration, Masses
of Requiem which must necessarily
be said with sacerdotal vestments of
violet color deer. Gen. S. R. c. 3177-
1854 at ~, shall not be celebrated at
the Altar Of Eynnsition
For the rest, We deem it certain
that all the Priests of the Catholic
world, although it will be lawful for
them to celebrate once only on the
day of Solemn Commemoration of all
the faithful departed, will gladly and
zealously wish to use the signal privi-
lege which We have bestowed. But
We earnestly exhort all the children
of the Church, mindful of the duty
whereby they are, on more than one
head, bound towards their brethren
suffering in the Fire of Purgatory, to
assist frequently at Mass on that day
with the greatest devotion. Thus will
1t certainly come to pass that, an i'm
mense refreshing wave flowing from
so many salutary expiations into Pur-
gatory, most numerous souls of the de-
parted shall every year be assumed
amongst the blessed of the Church
triumphant in heaven.
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A4+Hd what We have enacted by this
Apostolic Letter, the same We declare
to be valid and stable forever, any
law whatsoever, hitherto enacted by
Our predecessors, regarding the nom
repetition Of Masses notwithstanding.
Given at Rome from St. Peters, the
10th day of the month of August, 1915,
in the first year of Our Pontificate.
P. Card. Gasparri a Secrets Status.
Phi. Card. Giustini, s. S. de Sacra-
mentis Praefectus.
Loco Plumb
Visa.
M. Riggi, c. A. Not.
Reg. in Cane. Ap. N. 1915.