757 Oakridge Farm Highway, Mooresville, NC 28115
Sunday Latin Masses
10:00 a.m. (Low)
12:00 p.m.(Sung)
All other Latin Masses at the diocesan parishes have been discontinued. See schedule below.
Friends in Christ,
Welcome to our weekly Sunday update. This Sunday is the Feast of the Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Also called simply Christ the King, this first-class feast is always celebrated on the last Sunday in October. It will be followed on Tuesday the 28th by the Feast of Ss. Simon and Jude, Apostles. The last three days in October are vacant, but over the next week the liturgical calendar will culminate with two more first-class feasts: All Saints on Saturday (November 1st) and All Souls on Monday (transferred to November 3nd). All Saints celebrates all the saints in Heaven, both those whose feast days appear on the liturgical calendar and those who have not been canonized and may never be. (The process leading to canonization sometimes takes decades or even centuries to reach its conclusion.) All Souls is the day dedicated to the faithful who aspired to reach Heaven but presumably fell short. They are now in Purgatory undergoing the painful process of purification necessary to achieve the purgation of sins not atoned for in this life. The Church calls on us to pray for them throughout the month of November. Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Calendar of Special Observances
Celebrations are those listed in the Roman Missal of 1962.
DAY, DATE – FEAST (CLASS)
Sunday, October 26 – Christ the King (I)
Monday, October 27 – Feria (IV)
Tuesday, October 28 – Ss. Simon and Jude, Apostles (II)
Wednesday, October 29 – Feria (IV)
Thursday, October 30 – Feria (IV)
Friday, October 31– Feria (IV)
Saturday, November 1 – All Saints (I)
Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Christ the King)
The links provided below can be used to download printable copies of the Proper Prayers for the Feast of the Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Christ the King) 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)
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
Diocese of Charleston Sunday Masses
Diocese of Charleston Daily Traditional Latin Masses
Feasts of All Saints and All Souls (November 1st & 3rd)
The following announcement and schedule are for Traditional Latin Masses for the Feasts of All Saints and All Souls as currently announced.
Diocese of Charlotte
Diocese of Charleston
If additional Latin Masses or schedule changes are announced we will post them in the days ahead on our webpage.
Special Announcements
Eucharistic Procession for the Feast of Christ the King
For the Feast of Christ the King, a Eucharistic Procession will occur after the 12 noon Traditional Latin Mass at the Chapel of the Little Flower, this Sunday October 26.
Plenary Indulgence for the Feast of Christ the King
A plenary indulgence may be obtained on the Feast of Christ the King under the usual conditions (Mass attendance, confession, the avoidance of serious sin, and recitation of prayers for the intentions of the Pope) when praying An Act of Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in a church. The Act of Consecration may be found in this article from The Missive.
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).
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 is commemorated tomorrow, the last Sunday of October, in the 1962 calendar. The first three episodes can be viewed below on YouTube or in Spotify. The last episode will be released this Saturday evening at this link.
Quas Primas and Christ the King Podcast
Announcements
In Memoriam: Tom Savoy (1955-2022) – This past Friday October 24, was the 3rd anniversary of the passing of Tom Savoy into eternal life. Tom served as the Director of Sacred Music at Saint Thomas Aquinas parish and as Magister Capellae at Saint Joseph College Seminary, developing the rich sacred music at both places (especially for the Traditional Latin Mass at Saint Thomas Aquinas and throughout the diocese). If you have been touched by the sacred music offered at Saint Thomas Aquinas, you may wish to support Tom’s legacy by supporting the parish’s choir and parish renovation project at this link. Most importantly, please pray for the repose of the soul of Tom in your Mass intentions this weekend.
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 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:
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).
Traditional Latin Mass and Liturgical News
Saints and Special Observances
The Feast of the Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ – or Christ the King (100 Years Old) – was decreed by Pope Pius XI in his encyclical Quas Primas, given at St. Peter’s in Rome, 100 years ago, on December 11, 1925. The Holy Father called for the annual celebration of the feast on the last Sunday in October.
The feast was instituted as a corrective to the “manifold evils in the world due to the fact that the majority of men had thrust Jesus Christ and his holy law out of their lives. . . . In establishing the annual liturgical celebration of Christ the King, the Pope asserted, “that as long as individuals and states refused to submit to the rule of our Savior, there would be no really hopeful prospect of a lasting peace among nations. Men must look for the peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ; and that We promised to do as far as lay in Our power.”
First among the blessings Pope Pius XI hoped would “accrue to the Church, to society, and to each one of the faithful, as a result of the public veneration of the Kingship of Christ” was the following: When we pay honor to the princely dignity of Christ, men will doubtless be reminded that the Church, founded by Christ as a perfect society, has a natural and inalienable right to perfect freedom and immunity from the power of the state; and that in fulfilling the task committed to her by God of teaching, ruling, and guiding to eternal bliss those who belong to the kingdom of Christ, she cannot be subject to any external power.
The Pope quoted his predecessor, Leo XIII, regarding the inevitable consequences of excluding God from the communal life of the people: ‘With God and Jesus Christ,’ we said, ‘excluded from political life, with authority derived not from God but from man, the very basis of that authority has been taken away, because the chief reason for the distinction between ruler and subject has been eliminated. The result is that human society is tottering to its fall, because it has no longer a secure and solid foundation.’
“When once men recognize, both in private and in public life, that Christ is King,” Pope Pius wrote in Quas Primas, “society will at last receive the great blessings of real liberty, well-ordered discipline, peace and harmony.” A link to the full text of the encyclical is provided below.
Christus vincit, Christus regnat, Christus imperat! [Quas Primas (December 11, 1925) | PIUS XI]
Closing Commentary
We offer, in closing, an excerpt from the commentary of Dom Prosper Guéranger, OSB, on the “All Saints Day,” followed by a link to the full text of the commentary from The Liturgical Year.
November 1 - All Saints Day
Time is no more; it is the human race eternally saved, that is thus presented in vision to the prophet of Patmos. Our life of struggle and suffering on earth is, then, to have an end. Our long lost race is to fill up the angelic ranks thinned by Satan’s revolt; and, uniting in the gratitude of the redeemed of the Lamb, the faithful spirits will sing with us: Thanksgiving, honor, and power, and strength to our God for ever and ever!
And this shall be the end, as the Apostle says; the end of death and suffering; the end of history and of its revolutions which will then be explained. The old enemy, hurled down with his followers into the abyss, will live on only to witness his own eternal defeat. The Son of Man, the Savior of the world, will have delivered the kingdom to God his Father; and God, the last end of creation and of redemption, will be all in all.
Long before the seer of the Apocalypse, Isaias sang: I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and elevated, and his train filled the temple. And the Seraphim cried one to another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God of hosts, all the earth is full of his glory. The train and fringes of God’s vesture are the elect, who are the adornment of the Word, the splendor of the Father. For since the Word has espoused our human nature, that nature is his glory, as he is the glory of God. The Bride herself is clothed with the justifications of the Saints; and when this glittering robe is perfected, the signal will be given for the end of time. This feast announces the ever-growing nearness of the eternal nuptials; for on it we annually celebrate the progress of the Bride’s preparations. [November 1 --Feast of All Saints]