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31 October, 2026
The Vigil Of All Saints. Violet Vestments.
Iona Abbey, Scotland.
Image: SHUTTERSTOCK
Text is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
The Vigil of All Saints.
Simple.
Violet Vestments.
unless otherwise stated.
The Vigil of All Saints.
Simple.
Violet Vestments.
At that time, a number of Masses were prescribed without any fixed day in honour of those who had no public recognition. When, later, the names of Saints, who were not Martyrs, were introduced into the Ecclesiastical Calendar, a more Universal character was given to such Masses.
It is thus that, in the 8th-Century A.D., the Gregorian Sacramentary indicates among the Common Masses without a date: The Mass in Honour of All Saints.
Fixed in the following Century on 1 November, it became the Mass of All Saints’ Day, for which we are this day prepared by a Vigil.
This explains why the Mass of The Vigil, as well as that of the Feast, contains extracts from the Masses of the Common of Martyrs.
Mass: Judicant sancti gentes.
Gloria: Is not said.
The Church Triumphant.
The Church Militant.
The Church Suffering.
Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY
who reproduce Text and Illustrations from
The Saint Andrew Daily Missal
with the kind permission of
Artist: René de Cramer.
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Used with Permission.
The following Text is taken from
The Vigil of All Saints is of Simple Rite and its Liturgical Colour is Violet. As with all Simple Rite Vigils, The Office runs from Mattins to None.
At Mattins, The Invitatory, Hymn, Antiphons, Psalms, Versicle and Response are from The Psalter for Friday. The Lessons, Proper to The Vigil, in The Nocturn, are a Homily of Saint Ambrose from The Common of Several Martyrs.
The Responsories are from The Friday of The Fifth Week of October. The Te Deum is not sung. The Second Scheme of Lauds for Friday is sung with Psalms 50, 142, 84, “Domine, audivi auditionem tuam”, and 147.
The Office Hymn is “Aeterna cæli gloria”. After the Antiphon on the Benedictus has been repeated, the Ferial Preces are sung, with the Choir kneeling. After The Collect of The Vigil, The Suffrage of The Saints is omitted (c.f. pre-1911-1913 praxis, when The Suffrages were sung).
At Prime, the Psalm displaced from Lauds by The Miserere is added to The Psalmody of The Day: Pss. 21(i), 21(ii), 21(iii), and 98. Both The Dominical and Ferial Preces are sung, with the Choir kneeling. At the other Hours, the short series of Ferial Preces are sung, again with the Choir kneeling, before The Collect of The Vigil.
Mass is sung after None. Following the normal rules for Vigils, four Candles are placed on the Altar, in contrast with two on ordinary Ferial Days. The Deacon and Sub-Deacon wear Violet Dalmatic and Tunicle, not Folded Chasubles. The Ferial Tone is used for The Orations and for The Preface and Pater Noster.
There is no Gloria. The Second Collect is of The Holy Ghost, “Deus, qui corda”, The Third Collect is “Ecclesiæ”. As it is a “Kneeling Day”, the Choir kneels for the Prayers and from the Sanctus until “Pax Domini”. As the Gloria is not sung, the dismissal is “Benedicamus Domino”.
Vespers are First Vespers of The Feast of All Saints, with a corresponding Colour change to Festive White. The Office is Proper and the Antiphons “Vidi turbam magnam”, etc, are sung, Doubled, with Pss. 109, 110, 111, 112 and 116. The Office Hymn is “Placare, Christe, servulis”. At Compline, The Dominical Psalms are sung.
In the “Liturgical Books of 1962”, The Vigil of All Saints has been abolished.
30 October, 2026
The Super-Chief.
The Super-Chief.
Illustration: PINTEREST
The Super-Chief.
Illustration: PINTEREST
The “Super-Chief”, in “War-Bonnet” livery, calls at
Pasadena, before heading into Los Angeles Union Station.
To the right of the Palm Trees, above the Locomotive,
we can see the seventh floor of “The Castle Green”.
The Moorish Colonial and Spanish Hotel was across
the street from Pasadena’s Santa Fe Railroad Station.
Pasadena was the “Gateway” to the
San Fernando Valley, Hollywood and Beverly Hills.
Illustration: NEW YORK SOCIAL DIARY
The Super-Chief was one of the Named Passenger Trains and the Flagship of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
It claimed to be “The Train of the Stars” because of the celebrities it carried between Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California.
The Super-Chief (Nos. 17 and 18) was the first Diesel-Powered, All-Pullman Sleeping Car train in America, and it eclipsed the Chief as Santa Fe’s standard bearer.
The Super-Chief (Nos. 17 and 18) was the first Diesel-Powered, All-Pullman Sleeping Car train in America, and it eclipsed the Chief as Santa Fe’s standard bearer.
The History Of The Super-Chief.
Available On YouTube
The extra-fare ($10) Super-Chief left Dearborn Station in Chicago for its first trip on 12 May 1936. Before starting scheduled service in May 1937, the lightweight version of the Super-Chief ran 2,227 miles (3,584 km) from Los Angeles over recently-upgraded tracks in thirty-six hours and forty-nine minutes, averaging sixty mph (ninety-seven km/h) overall and reaching 100 mph (160 km/h).
With one set of equipment, the train initially operated once a week from both Chicago and Los Angeles.
With one set of equipment, the train initially operated once a week from both Chicago and Los Angeles.
After more cars had been delivered, the Super-Chief ran twice-weekly, beginning in 1938, and daily after 1948.
Adding to the train’s mystique were its gourmet meals and Hollywood clientele.
Competitors to the Super-Chief were the City of Los Angeles on the Chicago and North Western Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad, and (to a lesser extent) the Golden State on the Rock Island and Southern Pacific.
The Santa Fe Super-Chief was one of the last passenger trains in the United States to carry an all-Pullman consist; only the Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited and the Illinois Central's Panama Limited survived longer.
The train maintained its high level of service until the end of Santa Fe passenger operations on 1 May 1971.
The Super-Chief.
Available On YouTube
When Amtrak took over operation of the Nation’s passenger service on 1 May 1971, the thirty-five-year run of the Super-Chief on the Santa Fe Railroad ended, though Amtrak used the name on the same route for three years.
The design was the creation of artist Leland A. Knickerbocker, who worked for General Motors.
During the Mid-1930s, the company needed a classy, matching livery to the Native-American-themed Train that the Santa Fe was planning to debut.
Of course, you probably know the name of this Train, the “Super-Chief”, which went on to become just as famous as the paint it wore.
The “Warbonnet” was shelved by the Railroad following the end of passenger service in 1971, but was re-adopted in the Late-1980s.
Following the creation of Burlington Northern Santa Fe in 1995, a version of the livery was briefly used but was finally dropped altogether.
In 1974, the Santa Fe Railroad withdrew permission to use the name, due to a perceived decline in service, so Amtrak renamed it Southwest Limited.
Following the delivery of new Superliner equipment, the Santa Fe Railroad allowed Amtrak to call it the Southwest Chief in 1984.
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The following Text is from AMERICAN RAILS
Santa Fe’s “Warbonnet” Locomotives.
By: Adam Burns
While there were many, now-classic, paint schemes to grace Locomotives during the start of the Diesel and Streamliner age of the 1930s, none became as legendary as Santa Fe’s “Warbonnet’ (and most did not even receive a formal name).
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Postcard photo of the San Francisco Chief
in California’s San Joaquin Valley.
Date: Circa 1950s.
The train was inaugurated in 1954
and had its last run in 1971.
Source: eBay item card front
Author: Fred Harvey
(Wikimedia Commons)
The following Text is from AMERICAN RAILS
Santa Fe’s “Warbonnet” Locomotives.
By: Adam Burns
While there were many, now-classic, paint schemes to grace Locomotives during the start of the Diesel and Streamliner age of the 1930s, none became as legendary as Santa Fe’s “Warbonnet’ (and most did not even receive a formal name).
The design was the creation of artist Leland A. Knickerbocker, who worked for General Motors.
During the Mid-1930s, the company needed a classy, matching livery to the Native-American-themed Train that the Santa Fe was planning to debut.
Of course, you probably know the name of this Train, the “Super-Chief”, which went on to become just as famous as the paint it wore.
The “Warbonnet” was shelved by the Railroad following the end of passenger service in 1971, but was re-adopted in the Late-1980s.
Following the creation of Burlington Northern Santa Fe in 1995, a version of the livery was briefly used but was finally dropped altogether.
In this eye-popping Electro-Motive photo, new Santa Fe F7’s show off their “Warbonnet” livery in May, 1950. Warren Calloway collection.
Illustration: AMERICAN RAILS
All Saints’ Day Is On Sunday, 1 November, And A Holy Day Of Obligation. And, Also, All Souls’ Day Is On Monday, 2 November. Visit Your Local Cemetery And Pray For All Your Departed Family, Relatives, And Friends.
Text and Illustrations: OFFERIMUS TIBI DOMINE
While the obligation was suspended during the pandemic, we should remember that it has now been re-instated.
According to The Code of Canon Law, Sunday, the day we celebrate The Resurrection of Our Lord, is always observed as the foremost Holy Day of Obligation for the universal Church.
The Constitution on The Sacred Liturgy of The Second Vatican Council stated: “Thus recalling the mysteries of the redemption, The Church opens up to the Faithful, the riches of her Lord’s powers and merits, so that these are in some way made present for all time; the Faithful lay hold of them and are filled with saving grace” (#102).
Therefore, the importance of attending Mass on Sunday or any other Holy Day is not simply because of an obligation, but why it is an obligation.
So what ?
Our cherishing the mysteries of our salvation should take precedence over the exigencies of living in this world.
The Holy Days help us to remember the same.
Therefore, we must pause to ponder, celebrate, and live the mystery of salvation by marking each Sunday, these special Holy Events, and the lives of those who are exemplars of Faith, with the offering of The Holy Mass.
All Souls’ Day initiates a whole month - November - when we are encouraged to Pray for “The Holy Souls” each day.
This is the Catholic reality and origin of Halloween. A far cry from the corrupted secular celebration of “Halloween” (All Hallow’s (Saints’) Eve) that we will see around us this week, which is a conflation and misunderstanding of these two Holy Feasts.
The “ghosts and ghoulies”, so prevalent in today’s money-oriented social activities, originate from the tradition of visiting a graveyard to Pray for our loved ones.
So, if you are going to the trouble of carving out pumpkins and giving out treats to random children who ring your doorbell with threats to egg your front door, don’t forget to come and Pray for your deceased loved ones.
An effort with rather better fruits, surely ?
The Feast Day Of All Saints (1 November) And The Feast Day Of All Souls (2 November).
Illustration: OFFERIMUS TIBI DOMINE
The Forerunners of Christ
with Saints and Martyrs.
Artist: Fra Angelico (1395 –1455).
Date: 1420s.
Collection: National Gallery, London.
This File: 31 October 2007.
User: Malus Catulus
(Wikimedia Commons)
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1 November.
All Saints’ Day.
A Holy Day Of Obligation.
Where Will You Go To Mass ?
All Saints’ Day.
Also known as:
All Hallows’ Day;
Hallowmas;
The Feast of All Saints;
The Solemnity of All Saints.
“All Souls’ Day”.
Artist: Jakub Schikaneder (1855–1924).
Date: 1888.
Collection: National Gallery in Prague.
Source/Photographer: Ophelia2
(Wikimedia Commons)
2 November.
All Souls’ Day.
Let us, on this day, be present at The Holy Sacrifice of The Mass, when The Church implores God to grant to The Faithful Departed, who can now do nothing for themselves, the remission of all their sins and Eternal Rest.
And let us visit the Cemeteries, where their bodies repose,
and Pray for them.
To recite the “De Profundis” (Psalm 129) (The Prayer For The Dead), at the graves, would be a wonderful Act of Charity.
The Holy See granted a Plenary Indulgence on All Souls’ Day, “Toties Quoties” [Editor: Repeatedly. An Indulgence in The Roman Catholic Church that may be gained or granted as often as the required works are performed], applicable to The Souls of The Departed, to all those who visit a Church or Cemetery, and Pray for The Departed, and, also, for the intention of The Sovereign Pontiff.
The following Text is from ONE PETER FIVE
From a Reader, comes this list of the Special Indulgences that can be gained for The Poor Souls in Purgatory during this week of All Souls’ Commemorations:
Courtesy of Bridegroom Press:
Grant #29.1.1.
For The Souls in Purgatory.
Plenary Indulgence.
A Plenary Indulgence, applicable only to The Souls in Purgatory, is granted each and every day from 1 November to 8 November, who devoutly visit a Cemetery and there Pray, if only mentally, for The Departed.
“The Day of The Dead”.
Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).
Date: 1859.
Collection: Bordeaux Beaux-Arts Museum.
Source/Photographer: Unknown.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Grant #29.1.2.
All Souls’ Day.
Plenary Indulgence.
A Plenary Indulgence is granted The Faithful who, on All Souls’ Day, devoutly visit a Church, or an Oratory, or a Cemetery, and recite one Our Father and The Creed and Pray for the intention of the Holy Father.
English: All Saints’ Day in Röke, Sweden.
Swedish City of Röke, during Allhallowtide.
(Note the lighted Candles on all the graves.)
Svenska: Alla helgons dag i Röke i Sverige.
Source: Own work.
Author: David Castor (user:dcastor)
(Wikimedia Commons)
The following Text is from ABBA AVINU
“It is, therefore, a holy and wholesome thought
to Pray for The Dead . . .” (2 Maccabees 12:46).
Today, as we visit the graves of our loved ones who have gone before us, and Pray for their Souls, let us also remember and Pray for those Souls in Purgatory who have no one to Pray for them, or, to offer Holy Masses for them.
Sadly, these days, many Funeral Masses sound like Canonisation Services, when statements are made, like: “He/she (the deceased) must be in Heaven looking at all of you gathered here”, or, “Heaven has gained an Angel, today”; which lead people to believe that the person is now in Heaven and, thus, they neglect Praying for the Soul of the deceased.
To quote “Catholic Answers”: Contrary to common assumption, the purpose of The Funeral Mass is NOT to “celebrate the life of the deceased”, but to offer Worship to God for Christ’s victory over death, to comfort the mourners with Prayers, and to Pray for the Soul of the deceased.
No matter how well a person is presumed to have lived, we cannot assume that he/she has gone straight to Heaven, but we must Pray for the Soul and offer Holy Masses for the deceased.
Saint Augustine of Hippo, Father and Doctor of The Church, wrote in “The City of God”:
“By assisting them, we shall not only give great pleasure to God, but will acquire also great merit for ourselves. And, in return for our suffrages, these Blessed Souls will not neglect to obtain for us many Graces from God, but particularly the Grace of Eternal Life.
“I hold for certain that a Soul delivered from Purgatory by the suffrages of a Christian, when she [Editor: The Soul] enters Paradise, will not fail to say to God: “Lord, do not suffer to be lost that person who has liberated me from the prison of Purgatory, and has brought me to the enjoyment of Thy Glory sooner than I have deserved.” ”
One of The Spiritual Works of Mercy is: “To Pray for The Living and The Dead.”
Illustration: RAIDER COUNTRY
“I hold for certain that a Soul delivered from Purgatory by the suffrages of a Christian, when she [Editor: The Soul] enters Paradise, will not fail to say to God: “Lord, do not suffer to be lost that person who has liberated me from the prison of Purgatory, and has brought me to the enjoyment of Thy Glory sooner than I have deserved.” ”
One of The Spiritual Works of Mercy is: “To Pray for The Living and The Dead.”
Saint John Marie Vianney said: “If it were but known how great is the power of the good Souls in Purgatory with The Heart of God, and, if we knew all the Graces we can obtain through their intercession, they would not be so forgotten. We must, therefore, Pray much for them, that they Pray much for us.”
May Our Lord have mercy on all Souls in Purgatory, and through our Prayers, joined with the intercession of The Blessed Virgin Mary and The Saints, may many Souls see Him, Face to Face, soon.
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