Is All Saints Day Mass different?

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My parish bulletin says it only takes about 30 minutes, so I’m curious what to expect.
 
Hello Crystal,

Thanks for the post. Maybe a little more information is needed. What differences would you be asking about? Differences in the Prayers of the Mass?, vestments?, practices throughout the world? the difference between a Solemnity and Ferial Mass? We look forward to being of help.

Fr. Mayer, Ph.B, S.T.L
 
I’ve been attending for about 6 months (going through RCIA now), and this will be the first Mass I’ll attend that isn’t just a regular Sunday Mass.

I guess I’m curious what to expect as far as the basic order that things will happen in? I’m so used to an hour long Mass I guess I just can figure out how he’ll be able to get all of it in 30 minutes. Will I need to do anything differently (kneel, pray, dress differently)? I’ve only just recently realized that the vestiments actually meant something different, but I’m still learning what they all mean.
 
usually daily mass is half hour, but All Saints Day may be longer depending if there is an organist or not (may not since it is Monday). on feast days the Gloria is said (not normally said during a weekday mass). White vestmests most likely will be worn.
 
Is this Mass being treated as just another weekday Mass? All Saints Day is on Monday this year, which dispenses the obligation to go to Mass, so most parishes, like mine, are having just one Mass for All Saints and that’s in the morning like the regular weekday Mass. I’m just saying because weekday Masses tend to last 20-30 minutes. If it’s treated as another ‘special’ feast day, then it will take an hour or more, but if it’s just a weekday Mass then it will not take that long.
 
The bulletin says there will be three masses at our location Monday (8, 8:30, and 9am), but then mentions an All Souls Day mass held by the Archbishop at a cemetary on Tuesday for the deceaced members of the Archdiocese. (…anywhere else holding a mass like that on Tuesday?)

There is usually just one daily mass, but I’ve never been during the weekday so I don’t know if it’s 30 minutes or not…
 
All Saints day is 1st of November, Holy Day of obligation. This year due to the proximity of Sunday there is dispensation from that obligation. This does not changes the length of the Mass, except that may be there is less singing.

All Souls day (2nd of November) in itself is shorter Mass. In the good old times each priest was allowed to say 3 Masses (in this day and in Christmas day)
 
laszlo said:
All Saints day is 1st of November, Holy Day of obligation. This year due to the proximity of Sunday there is dispensation from that obligation. This does not changes the length of the Mass, except that may be there is less singing.

All Souls day (2nd of November) in itself is shorter Mass. In the good old times each priest was allowed to say 3 Masses (in this day and in Christmas day)
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oooh…okay, that makes more sense then. thank you.
 
We had a wonderful mass of remembrance for All Saints and All Souls Mass last year.

Father even had the holy smoke out 🙂 He sent up our prayers as he blessed the candles that represented those members of the parish who had entered their new life.

And, we had a reading of the names of the souls who went to God that year.
 
Being_Brave said:
My parish bulletin says it only takes about 30 minutes, so I’m curious what to expect.
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It sounds to me as if it will be a bit rushed at 30 minutes. Because All Saints is a solemnity the Gloria must be sung or said. There’ll also be 3 readings because it’s a solemnity: OT, NT and Gospel. The Credo will also have to said. Because it’s not a holyday of obligation the homily is optional. It’d be nice to have some singing as it’s a solemnity but if your parish has said it’ll only be 30 minutes I doubt there’ll be any.

(I always feel we tend to rush the Mass in the Latin Church as if there’s some merit in the speed the priest can get through it whereas the opposite is true in the Eastern Catholic Churches. Anyway, this could turn into a rant and is probably worth a thread of its own.)
 
If I remember correctly, last year our Mass was at least an hour long.
 
It is really such a shame because All Saints Day is one of the most beautiful Masses of the year. In response to your question, the All Saints Day Mass SHOULD be different than your regular weekday Mass because it is a Solemnity not ordinary time. A Solemnity is an occasion so high, the only appropriate way to celebrate it is with a Mass. As noted by other posters, you should say the Gloria and have a 2nd reading. You should have music and if possible, the Litany of the Saints should be sung.

That being said, I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if most parishes just serve up the normal 20-30 minute weekday Mass.

If you really want to celebrate this solemnity with all the reverence the occasion deserves, I suggest you go to Mass at one of the religious orders in your town (if you have any.)
 
It must have been the All Souls Mass of Rememberance, because the Mass was in the evening.
 
All Saints Day is a Solemnity, which means it has the same basic structure as a Sunday Mass - Gloria, 2 readings before the Gospel, and Creed, making it automatically longer than a regular daily Mass. These are required for all Solemnities.

When celebrated as a Holy Day of Obligation, a homily is required as well, but optional this year since the obligation to attend Mass is removed. Whether attendance is obligatory or not, singing/chanting, incense, and the like can all be used, or not, at the pastor’s discretion.

Some parishes will probably “forget” the Gloria and Creed and pretty much treat it like a regular daily Mass; some will have the basic requirements recited but no extras, maybe a homily; some may do it big with singing, maybe even incense etc., just as if it was a Sunday or Holy Day of Obligation this year. I’d prefer that last option for all Solemnities myself!
 
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