Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost

Friends in Christ,

Welcome to our weekly Sunday update. This Sunday is the Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost. In the Gospel reading for Sunday, Jesus offers a parable illustrating the importance of a key passage in the prayer He taught his disciples: Et dimitte nobis debita nostra sicut et nos dimittimus debitoribus nostris. A literal translation of this passage into contemporary English might read, “And dismiss our debt as we dismiss those of our debtors.” This is not what happens in the parable: Having had his own large debt dismissed, the wicked servant proceeds to throttle a fellow servant in an attempt to extract from the man the rather insignificant amount owed by him. In the end the wicked servant gets his comeuppance because the king in the parable, like the King of Heaven, rules with justice for all.



**REMINDER: Daylight Saving Time ends at 2:00 a.m. this Sunday, November 2nd. Please remember to set your clocks back one hour Sunday morning.**


Calendar of Special Observances

Celebrations are those listed in the Roman Missal of 1962.

DAY, DATE – FEAST (CLASS)

Sunday, November 2 – Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost (II)

Monday, November 3 – Commemoration of All Souls (I)

Tuesday, November 4 – St. Charles Borromeo, Bishop (III) – Daily Mass for the Dead (III) – Commemoration of Ss. Vitalis and Agricola, Martyrs

Wednesday, November 5 – Daily Mass for the Dead (III) – Holy Relics (IV) – Feria (IV)

Thursday, November 6 – Daily Mass for the Dead (III) – Jesus Christ the High Priest (III) – Feria (IV)

Friday, November 7 – Daily Mass for the Dead (III) – Sacred Heart of Jesus (III) – Feria (IV)

Saturday, November 8 – Daily Mass for the Dead (III) – Four Holy Crowned Martyrs (IV) – Our Lady on Saturday (IV)


Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost

The links provided below can be used to download printable copies of the Proper Prayers for the Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost with either English or Spanish translation, followed by commentary by Dr. Michael P. Foley.


Traditional Latin Mass Schedule


Diocese of Charlotte Sunday Masses

Chapel of the Little Flower (757 Oakridge Farm Road, Mooresville, NC)

  • 10:00 a.m. (Low)
  • 12:00 p.m. (Sung)
  • Chaplain: Fr. Brandon Jones

Note: Only Sunday Latin Masses and Holy Days will be offered at the Chapel. All other Sunday and daily Traditional Latin Masses at the other diocese of Charlotte parishes have been discontinued. These changes only affect Latin Masses in the diocese of Charlotte.

Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, the Little Flower, pray for us!


Diocese of Raleigh Sunday Masses

  • 1:00 p.m., Sacred Heart (Dunn, NC)
  • 4:30 p.m. - First Sunday, Holy Name Cathedral (Raleigh, NC)
  • For additional locations and Masses please see our Mass Times webpage


Diocese of Charleston Sunday Masses

  • 12:00 p.m., Prince of Peace (Taylors SC)
  • 1:00 p.m., Our Lady of the Lake (Chapin SC)
  • 12:00 p.m., Sacred Heart (Charleston SC)
  • 5:30 p.m., Stella Maris (Sullivans Island, SC)


Diocese of Charleston Daily Traditional Latin Masses

  • Prince of Peace (Taylors SC) – Monday-Friday, 12:00 p.m.
  • Prince of Peace (Taylors SC) – Saturday, 8:00 a.m.
  • For additional locations and Masses please see our Mass Times webpage


Feast of All Souls (November 3rd)

The following announcement and schedule are for Traditional Latin Masses for the Feast of the All Souls as currently announced.

  • Feast of All Souls Monday November 3: Since the Feast of All Souls (November 2) falls on a Sunday this year, the feast is transferred to Monday November 3rd in the 1962 calendar.

Diocese of Charlotte

  • No Masses: Since the Feast of All Souls is not a holy day of obligation, there will not be any Traditional Latin Masses at the Chapel of the Little Flower on Monday November 3rd. (Mass on Sunday November 2nd will be the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost.)

Diocese of Charleston

  • All Souls, 6:30 p.m. Monday November 3, Stella Maris (Sullivans Island, SC)
  • All Souls: 7:00 p.m., Monday November 3, Prince of Peace (Taylors SC)

If additional Latin Masses or schedule changes are announced we will post them in the days ahead on our webpage.


Special Announcements


Mass intentions for the Chapel of the Little Flower

Mass intentions will open up in November and a table will be set up in the narthex to sign up. Only one Mass per Sunday will be available for intentions. Due to limited spots, attendees are asked to sign up for one Mass at a time.

Visiting the Chapel of the Little Flower

If you haven’t attended Mass at the Chapel of the Little Flower, you may wish to consider joining us on one of the Sundays in November. Seating is adequate at both Masses, especially at the 10:00 a.m. Low Mass, and there is plenty of parking; a cry room; and open space outside for the kids after Mass.

Enroll the Souls of the Faithful Departed

The Traditional Carmelite Hermits of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Colorado and Pennsylvania) are happy to announce an All Souls Enrollment during the month of November. Throughout this month, the community will dedicate 30 Holy Masses (Traditional Carmelite Rite), along with the daily prayers and sacrifices of the Brothers, for the souls of the faithful departed who are enrolled. You may recall their Lenten Enrollment offering each spring, and now they are offering an All Souls Enrollment for the faithful departed. To learn more or enroll, click here.

All Souls Indulgences (Nov 1 - 8)

A plenary indulgence is granted to the faithful - applicable only to the souls in purgatory - who devoutly visit a cemetery to pray for the dead during the first eight days of November (under the usual conditions each day noted below).

A plenary indulgence, also applicable only to the souls in Purgatory, is granted to the faithful who piously visit a church or public oratory on All Souls Day to pray the Our Father and recite the Creed. One must be baptized and in the state of grace; free from an attachment to sin; go to confession within 20 days; receive Holy Communion on the day of visitation; and offer prayers for the intentions of the Holy Father (again, the Our Father and Creed will suffice).



Announcements

Prayers at the Cemetery – On Sunday November 2nd, Fr. Reid will be leading prayers for the poor souls in purgatory at Belmont Abbey Cemetery at 3:00 p.m. Please see flyer at the end of this update.

Support Our Parishes – Recently, Father Reid noted that Saint Ann parish will bear much of the financial costs of keeping the Chapel of the Little Flower open and encourages our continued generosity (and our occasional visits!). Parishioners from other parishes should continue to support their own parish.

New Christ the King Podcast Series – The Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest (an order of priests which offers the Traditional Mass exclusively) has launched a 4-part podcast series on the origins and meaning of the Feast of Christ the King, which was commemorated on the last Sunday of October, in the 1962 calendar. The episodes can be viewed below on YouTube or in Spotify.

Quas Primas and Christ the King Podcast

Rosary for the Traditional Latin Mass – A rosary will be offered for the restoration of the Traditional Latin Mass in the church on Sundays after the 11:30 a.m. Novus Ordo Mass at Saint Thomas Aquinas Church.

**New Book** The Cassock: Sign of Christ, Sign of Contradiction, by Fr. Lawrence Carney (with Cardinal Burke’s Forward) – Slaying Dragons Press is releasing an excellent book on the cassock, authored by Fr. Lawrence Carney, the Holy Face priest (who visited St. Thomas Aquinas parish a few years ago). The Cassock: Sign of Christ, Sign of Contradiction examines the powerful witness of the cassock and its impact on both the priest and faithful. Slaying Dragons Press, is run by St. Thomas Aquinas parishioner and local writer Charles Fraune. To order your copy, click here.

Daily Holy Face Chaplet for Sacred Liturgy (perpetual novena) – For the preservation of the Traditional Latin Mass, it has been recommended to all friends of the sacred liturgy in the diocese to consider continually praying the powerful Holy Face chaplet, under the banner of Our Lady of the Holy Name. To pray the chaplet, please see this link.

Cardinal Burke’s Prayer for Pope Leo XIV – His Eminence Cardinal Raymond Burke has released a prayer for Pope Leo XIV. Please see the prayer at the links below and consider praying this daily for the Holy Father as he leads the Church. PDF copies can be accessed at these links: [English] [Español] [Latin]


Holy Face Devotions

Prayers of Reparation to the Holy Face of Jesus are offered each week at the following churches on the indicated days:

  • St. James (Concord) – Monday, 10-10:30 a.m. (in the cry room)
  • St. Mark – Tuesday, 5:30 p.m.
  • St. Thomas Aquinas – Tuesday, 6:00 a.m.
  • St. Ann – Tuesday, 7:30 a.m. (following 7:00 a.m. Mass)
  • St. Michael the Archangel (Gastonia) – Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. (following 8:00 a.m. Mass)
  • St. Vincent de Paul – Tuesday, 8:40 a.m.
  • Holy Spirit (Denver) – Tuesday, 10-11:00 a.m. (following the 9:15 a.m. Mass)
  • Saint Elizabeth of the Hill Country (Boone) – Third Tuesday, at 6:45 p.m. after Mass in the Youth Room
  • St. John the Baptist (Tryon) - First Saturday, 9:30 a.m. (after 8:30 a.m Mass)

Note: Days and times may be subject to change due to holidays.

“Jesus, Your ineffable image is the star which guides my steps. Ah, You know, Your sweet Face is for me Heaven on earth” (from Canticle to the Holy Face by Saint Thérèse de Lisieux, the 19th century Discalced Carmelite nun who took the name in religion, Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face).


Summorum Pontificum Rome Pilgrimage Recap (October 24-26)

  • Cardinal Burke's Sermon at the Vatican Basilica Pontifical Mass, Rorate-Caeli (October 25, 2025). [Cardinal Burke’s Sermon]
  • Solemn Vespers in Rome for the Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage by Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement (October 27, 2025). [Solemn Vespers]


Traditional Latin Mass and Liturgical News

  • The Supra quae propitio by Dr. Michael P. Foley, New Liturgical Movement (October 24, 2025). [The Supra quae propitio]
  • Without spot or wrinkle: sermon on the feast of All Saints by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Voice of the Family (October 29, 2025). [Without spot or wrinkle]
  • San Francisco Archbishop Describes Upcoming Solemn Pontifical High Latin Mass by Matthew McDonald, National Catholic Register (October 25, 2025). [Upcoming Pontifical High Latin Mass]
  • Newly translated work of Dom Prosper Guéranger: The Liturgical Institutions, Clear Creek Abbey (October 20, 2025). [The Liturgical Institutions]


Saints and Special Observances

Saint Charles Borromeo was born on October 2, 1538, the second son of the Count of Arona. Destined for service in the Church from an early age, he attended the University of Pavia and on December 6, 1559, was awarded a doctorate in civil and canon law. When his uncle, Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Medici, was elected Pope Pius IV on the ensuing Christmas Day, Charles was summoned to Rome by the new prelate, made a cardinal and given extensive responsibilities in the governance of the Church. He oversaw preparations for the final session of the Council of Trent (1562-63) and helped prepare the Tridentine Catechism.

Ordained to the priesthood on September 4, 1563, he was appointed archbishop of Milan the following year and set about instituting badly needed reforms in what was the largest diocese in Italy at the time. Archbishop Borromeo established seminaries and colleges for the education of candidates for the priesthood and religious life, but his efforts to curb ecclesiastical abuses within the diocese met with fierce resistance, culminating in an attempt on his life that nearly succeeded.

When famine and plague struck the city in 1576, the governor and much of the nobility fled to the countryside; but the archbishop remained to direct efforts to care for the sick and dying and feed the hungry. He survived to become one of the leaders of the Counter-Reformation, overseeing the implementation of reforms adopted by the Council of Trent.

Archbishop Borromeo fell ill while on retreat in 1584 and, one month after his 46th birthday, died on November 3rd in Milan. Proclaimed a saint by Pope Paul V on November 1, 1610, his feast was added to the Roman Calendar on the day following the anniversary of his death, November 4th. He is the patron saint of both bishops and seminarians, as well as catechists. Pray for us, Saint Charles Borromeo.


Closing Commentary

As we are in the first day of the ancient Octave of All Saints, as well as the All Souls Novena, it is fitting to share excerpts from Dom Prosper Gueranger’s excellent reflection on All Souls Day and the importance of applying indulgences to the poor souls in purgatory. The following passages are taken from his 15-volume opus, The Liturgical Year. We encourage readers to click on the link below to read the entire reflection.


Reflection on All Souls Day and Indulgences - Dom Prosper Guéranger


Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord hath touched me (Job 19:21)

We well know how the Church seconds the good-will of her children. By the practice of Indulgences, she places at their charitable disposal the inexhaustible treasure accumulated, from age to age, by the superabundant satisfactions of the Saints, added to those of the Martyrs, and united to those of our blessed Lady and the infinite residue of our Lord’s sufferings. These remissions of punishment she grants to the living by her own direct power; but she nearly always approves of and permits their application to the dead by way of suffrage, that is to say, in the manner in which, as we have seen, each of the faithful may offer to God who accepts it, for another, the suffrage or succor of his own satisfactions. Such is the doctrine of Suarez, who adds that an Indulgence ceded to the dead loses nothing either of the security or of the value it would have had for ourselves who are still militant…

Now, Indulgences under every form are continually coming in our way. Let us make use of our treasures, and exercise mercy towards the poor suffering souls… The debt was contracted perhaps through our fault, and in our company; and it is to us they turn for help, to us who are still dreaming of nothing but pleasure, while they are burning, and we could so easily shorten their torments! Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord hath touched me (Job 19:21). [November 2 – All Souls Day]

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As Dom Guéranger reminds us during the All Souls novena, “let us make use of our treasures, and exercise mercy towards the poor suffering souls.”