Editing Requiem (section)

==Liturgical rite==
[[File:Pontifikalni rekvijem.JPG|thumb|[[Tridentine Mass|Tridentine]] Requiem Mass at [[Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, Rome|Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini]] (Most Holy Trinity of Pilgrims) church in Rome]]
[[File:Funeral Mass of Bishop Vitus Huonder 1.png|thumb|Requiem Mass for [[Vitus Huonder|Bishop Vitus Huonder]] celebrated by [[Bernard Fellay|Bishop Bernard Fellay, SSPX]] at [[International Seminary of Saint Pius X]] in [[Écône]], [[Switzerland]], 2024]]

In earlier forms of the Roman Rite, some of which are still in use, a Requiem Mass differs in several ways from the usual Mass. Some parts that were of relatively recent origin, including some that have been excluded in the 1970 revision of the regular Mass, are omitted. Examples are the psalm ''Iudica'' at the start of Mass, the prayer said by the priest before reading the Gospel (or the blessing of the deacon, if a deacon reads it), and the first of the two prayers of the priest for himself before receiving Communion.<ref>{{lang|la|Missale Romanum, Ritus servandus in celebratione Missae}}, XIII</ref> Other omissions include the use of [[incense]] at the Introit and the Gospel, the kiss of peace, lit candles held by acolytes when a deacon chants the Gospel, and blessings. There is no [[Gloria in excelsis Deo]] and no recitation of the [[Credo|Creed]]; the [[Alleluia]] chant before the Gospel is replaced by a [[Tract (liturgy)|Tract]], as in [[Lent]]; and the {{lang|la|[[Agnus Dei (liturgy)|Agnus Dei]]}} is altered. {{lang|la|[[Ite missa est]]}} is replaced with {{lang|la|[[Requiescant in pace]]}} (May they rest in peace); the {{lang|la|Deo gratias}} response is replaced with {{lang|la|Amen}}; and the final blessing for the congregation is omitted. Black was the obligatory [[Liturgical colours|liturgical colour]] of the [[vestment]]s in the earlier forms (including the Missal of 1962),  while in the renewed liturgy "the colour black may be used, where it is the practice, in Masses for the Dead".<ref name=":0">General Instruction of the Roman Missal, 346e</ref> The [[sequence (poetry)|sequence]] [[Dies irae]], recited or sung between the [[Tract (liturgy)|Tract]] and the Gospel, was an obligatory part of the Requiem Mass before the changes as a result of the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council. As its opening words {{lang|la|Dies irae}} ("Day of wrath") indicate, this poetic composition speaks of the Day of Judgment in fearsome terms; it then appeals to Jesus for mercy. In the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, commemorations (i.e. collect, secret, and postcommunion of either lower-ranking liturgical feasts that occur on the same day or votive/seasonal commemorations) are absent from the liturgy; as a result, it is standard practice for a separate, smaller Requiem Missal containing only the rubrics and various Mass formularies for Masses for the dead to be used, rather than the full Missal containing texts that will never be used at Requiems.<ref name=":0" />

===Roman Rite ===
[[File:Chasuble noire - Cathédrale de Lombez.jpg|thumb|upright|Black [[chasuble]] used in Requiem Masses]]

In the liturgical reforms of the mid-20th century in the Catholic Church's [[Roman Rite]], there was a significant shift in the [[funeral rites]] used by the Church. The theme of sorrow and grief was also made to emphasise the whole community's worship of God in which the deceased is entrusted to God's mercy, based on trust in the salvation value of the [[Passion (Christianity)|Passion]], Death and [[Resurrection]] of Jesus Christ.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.richmonddiocese.org/worship/liturgies/funeral.htm |title=The Catholic Diocese of Richmond, Office of Worship "Rites of the Order of Christian Funerals" |publisher=.richmonddiocese.org |access-date=2013-02-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130311083420/http://www2.richmonddiocese.org/worship/liturgies/funeral.htm |archive-date=2013-03-11 }}</ref>

In the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, the Requiem Mass was sometimes termed a "Mass of the Resurrection"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mass%20of%20the%20resurrection |work=Merriam-Webster.com |title=Mass of the Resurrection |access-date=20 February 2013}}</ref> or Mass of Christian Burial, although the former was never official terminology. In the official English ritual, ''Order of Christian Funerals'', published by the Bishops of England and Wales in 1990, the title is given as "Funeral Mass". "Requiem Mass" remains a suitable title for other Masses for the dead and for the Funeral Mass itself (as the proper antiphons remain in force: Introit, "Eternal rest grant ... " / "{{lang|la|Requiem æternam dona eis Domine}}"; Offertory, "Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory, deliver the souls of all the faithful departed ... " / "{{lang|la|Domine Iesu Christe, Rex gloriæ, libera animas ...}}"; Communion, "Let perpetual light shine ..." / "{{lang|la|Lux æterna luceat eis, Domine...}}"). In keeping with those trends of the latter 21st century, the use of white vestments was made an allowable option by the Missal, though only by an indult; black remains the normal colour of all Requiem Masses, including Funeral Masses. Violet, a colour of penance, was also allowed by indult, since penance and reparation for the soul, presumably in [[Purgatory]], is encouraged by the Church. The texts used for the liturgy underwent a similar change, and some of the new options for the readings reinforce an overall theme of Jesus'  promise of eternal life.<ref>''The Rites of Christian Burial'', Catholic Publishing Company 1984</ref>{{primary source inline|date=November 2022}}