On the Anniversary

About this day

Mass texts for the anniversary of a death. On the first anniversary such a Mass may be celebrated even within the Octave of Christmas, on obligatory memorials, and on weekdays other than Ash Wednesday and Holy Week; later anniversaries are kept on weekdays in Ordinary Time.

Music

Mass

• Mar 17 – St Patrick to Mar 17 – St Patrick – Propers (2021) [Propers. 4. 11.27.21. LULU] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Offertory · Communion
• Ritual Mass – Christian Initiation to Psalms and Tones – Entrance, Communion (Organ) [Propers. IV. ORGAN. Complete] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Communion

From the Missal

• Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “God will wipe every tear from…” Rv 21: 4
• Communion — Roman Missal “I am the Resurrection and the…” Jn 11: 25; 3: 36; 5: 24
• Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “Lord Jesus, grant eternal rest to…”
• Communion — Roman Missal “You are rest after toil, O…”
• Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “God, who raised Jesus from the…” Cf. Rom 8: 11
• Communion — Roman Missal “I am the living bread, that…” Jn 6: 51-52