Posted on 09/06/2014 8:45:33 AM PDT by Salvation
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REQUIEM
A Mass celebrated for the dead. The name is derived from the firsrt word of the opening hymn in the Latin Rite Mass prior to the revision since the Second Vatican Council. The invocation said, "Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine" (Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord). (Etym. Latin requies, rest after labor, relaxation.)
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The proper Introit is the same in the new rite, you just can’t segue directly into the Kyrie like you could in the old.
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