Editing Dies irae (section)

==Use in the Roman liturgy==
The "{{Lang|la|Dies irae|italic=no}}" has been used in the [[Roman Rite]] [[liturgy]] as the sequence for the Requiem Mass for centuries, as made evident by the important place it holds in musical settings such as those by [[Requiem (Mozart)|Mozart]] and [[Requiem (Verdi)|Verdi]]. It appears in the [[Roman Missal]] of 1962, the last edition before the implementation of the revisions that occurred after the [[Second Vatican Council]]. As such, it is still heard in churches where the [[Tridentine Mass|Tridentine Latin liturgy]] is celebrated. It also formed part of the pre-conciliar liturgy of [[All Souls' Day]].

In the reforms to the [[Catholic Church]]'s [[Latin liturgical rites]] ordered by the Second Vatican Council, the "Consilium for the Implementation of the Constitution on the Liturgy", the Vatican body charged with drafting and implementing the reforms (1969–70), eliminated the sequence as such from funerals and other Masses for the Dead. A leading figure in the post-conciliar liturgical reforms, [[Archbishop]] [[Annibale Bugnini]], explained the rationale of the Consilium:
{{Quote|They got rid of texts that smacked of a negative spirituality inherited from the [[Middle Ages]]. Thus they removed such familiar and even beloved texts as {{lang|la|"[[Libera me|Libera me, Domine]]"}}, "{{Lang|la|Dies irae}}", and others that overemphasized judgment, fear, and despair. These they replaced with texts urging Christian hope and arguably giving more effective expression to faith in the [[Resurrection of the dead#Christianity|resurrection]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bugnini |first=Annibale |url=https://archive.org/details/reformofliturgy10000bugn |title=The Reform of the Liturgy: 1948–1975 |date=1990 |publisher=The Liturgical Press |isbn=9780814615713 |location=[[Collegeville, Minnesota]] |page=773 |translator-last=O'Connell |translator-first=Michael J. |chapter=Chapter 46: Funerals |lccn=90036986 |oclc=1151099486 |ol=1876823M |author-link=Annibale Bugnini |access-date=2022-03-15 |url-access=registration |via=[[Internet Archive]] |lang=en}}</ref>}}

"{{Lang|la|Dies irae|italic=no}}", slightly edited, remains in use ''[[ad libitum]]'' as a hymn in the [[Liturgy of the Hours]] on [[All Souls' Day]] and during the last week before [[Advent]], for which it is divided into three parts for the [[Liturgy of the Hours#Major hours|Office of Readings]], [[Lauds]] and [[Vespers]], with the insertion of a [[doxology]] after each part.<ref name="LHIV">{{Cite book |url={{GBurl|id=HzzPzgEACAAJ}} |title=Liturgia Horarum |publisher=Libreria Editrice Vaticana |year=2000 |isbn=9788820928124 |volume=IV |location=[[Vatican City]] |page=489 |oclc=44683882 |ol=20815631M |access-date=2022-03-15 |lang=la}}</ref>

===Indulgence===
In the [[Roman Catholic Church]] there was formerly an [[indulgence]] of three years for each recitation and a plenary indulgence for reciting the prayer daily for a month.<ref>(S. Paen. Ap., 9 March 1934). As cited in {{cite web|url=https://www-radiospada-org.translate.goog/2014/11/indulgenze-per-i-defunti-normativa-generale-e-per-il-mese-di-novembre/?_x_tr_sl=it&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=it&_x_tr_pto=wapp|language=it|title =Indulgences for the deceased: General regulations and for the month of November|date=2 November 2014}}</ref> This indulgence was not renewed in the Manual of Indulgences.<ref>(Manual of Indulgences, Section 29)</ref>