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votive Mass

n. Roman Catholic Church
A Mass differing from the one prescribed for the day, said for a specific purpose or at the discretion of the priest.
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vo′tive mass′

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n.
a mass that does not correspond with the office of the day but is chosen by the celebrant for a special intention.
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The Vatican prepared a Votive Mass for the title in 1975, and several episcopal conferences have been granted permission to insert the title into the Litany of Loretto.
The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has requested all parishes to use the votive Mass for persecuted Christians found in the Roman Missal.
--Collect, Votive Mass for the Progress of Peoples, the Roman Missal The statement from the National Black Catholic Congress went on to say, "It is important for Black Catholics to contribute to the ongoing national conversation about the underlying issues which have existed for too long.
19.00 Votive Mass at the Church of the Redeemer (Redentore) on the island of Giudecca.
On October 31 there will be a Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament at 8pm.
Her mortal remains were kept by us (not disposed of in a dumpster), and a votive Mass of the Angels was held to celebrate her brief life.
In volume 7a, nineteen pages of music for the Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament essentially duplicate music that has already been printed in volume 6a, as part of the Mass for Corpus Christi.
The second book follows with music for major festivals within the church calendar, which in this first instalment includes Christmas, Epiphany, the Votive Mass of the Blessed Sacrament and Easter.
But it is not altogether clear if Palazzo fully grasps the difference between the votive mass of the Trinity and the mass for the Sunday in the octave of Pentecost (pp.
Among the locales for the observation, the Ateneo de Manila Grade School will hold a Votive Mass on that day at 6:30 a.m.
For example, in the Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit, the prayer after communion reads, "Let the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, O Lord, cleanse our hearts and make them fruitful within by the sprinkling of his dew." In the epiclesis, or invocation of the Holy Spirit in Eucharistic Prayer II, the celebrant will pray: "Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray, by sending down your Spirit upon them like the dewfall."
Turner did not speak at a "Red Mass" (a Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit marking the start of the judicial year).
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