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FEAST OF THE HOLY RELICS.
This Feast is Celebrated in various places on 3 November; it was formerly Celebrated on the Sunday within the Octave of All Saints.
In the Monastic Breviary, it is Celebrated on 30 October.
In The Saint Andrew Daily Missal, this Feast is Celebrated on
5 November under the Title of “Feasts Of The Holy Relics Preserved In The Churches Of The Diocese”. Red Vestments.
Zephyrinus will be publishing a Post on this subject on Thursday, 5 November 2026.
From “The Liturgical Year”.
By: Abbot Guéranger, O.S.B.
MASS OF THE HOLY RELICS.
The Liturgical formulæ are, however, not less variable than the date of the Feast.
The Introit, borrowed from Psalm Thirty-Three, tells us of God’s solicitude for His own, in death as in life.
Whatever may become of the Just under trial and persecution, their bones shall be gathered together again on The Last Day at the voice of The Son of Man.
This Feast usually uses the Hymns for Martyrs, but Proper Hymns are used in some places,
In some Churches, the Hymn for this Feast is the following, composed by Claud Santeüil, who must not be confounded with John Baptist Santeüil of Saint Victor.
This Feast usually uses the Hymns for Martyrs, but Proper Hymns are used in some places,
In some Churches, the Hymn for this Feast is the following, composed by Claud Santeüil, who must not be confounded with John Baptist Santeüil of Saint Victor.
The compositions of the former are superior to those of his brother, in unction and simplicity, as well as by their orthodoxy.
Vespers and Matins Hymn.
Salvete, magni Præsules,
Lauds Hymn (Coming soon).
