All Souls Day
Rosary of Remembrance
A simple service of prayerful remembrance.
Prior to this service
parishioners are invited to submit the names of their beloved deceased to be
remembered at this service. The
collected names are then divided into five parts to be read during the rosary.
Needed for service:
Paschal Candle, lighted at
side of lecturn
Thurible/brazier &
Incense
(If Benediction is
included): Cope & humeral veil
A brazier or open thurible
with burning coals and a dish with
grains of incense are placed in front of the altar.
The service may begin with
Exposition and incensation of the Blessed Sacrament, with a suitable
Eucharistic hymn sung.
The Rosary begins with the
Apostles Creed and Our Father.
After the Our Father, the
first group of names of the deceased is read at the lecturn. The person who read those names, after
finishing, goes to the brazier/thurbile and inserts a few grains of incense
while the 10 Hail Marys are recited. The decade ends with the usual Glory Be
and Our Father.
This is done five times so that all five parts of names are read
during the praying of the rosary. The
names of the deceased are, in a manner, the “mysteries” which are reflected
upon.
The service may conclude
with the usual Benediction incensation and blessing.
