The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day)

About this day

On the day after All Saints, the Church prays for all the faithful departed. The observance spread from the abbey of Cluny, whose abbot Saint Odilo (died 1048) set November 2 for prayer for the dead in all its monasteries; it was later adopted throughout the Roman Church.

Coming up in the next year

Next: Mon 2 Nov 2026 — Year A · II

• Mon 2 Nov 2026

Music

Mass

• Nov 02 – All Souls – Propers (2014) [2 Nov. 2014 ALL SOULS. Latin. English] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Responsorial Psalm · Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) · Offertory · Communion
• Nov 02 – All Souls – Propers (Organ) [2 Nov. ALL SOULS. FULL. organ. 11.01.23] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Responsorial Psalm · Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) · Offertory · Communion
• Nov 02 – All Souls – Entrance, Communion (Organ) [2 Nov. ALL SOULS’. 2109-2124. organ] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Communion
• Nov 02 – All Souls – Propers (a) [2 Nov. Masses for the Dead. [B]] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Responsorial Psalm · Gospel Acclamation (Alleluia) · Offertory · Communion
• Organ Propers, Book 20: Dec 08 – Immaculate Conception to Nov 02 – All Souls (English & Latin) (Organ) [20. Nov 2 – Dec 8. 2109-2173] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Sequence · Offertory · Communion · Responsory · Procession
• Advent – Week 1 to Nov 02 – All Souls – Propers (English, Latin & Spanish) (Organ) [complete] DetailsIntroit (Entrance) · Sequence · Communion · Responsory · Procession
• Nov 02 – All Souls – Gospel [Gospel. All Souls Day. 11.02.17. Tonus recentior] DetailsSung Gospel

Divine Office: Vespers (Evening Prayer)

• Nov 02 – All Souls – Vespers [Vespers. Nov. 2. ALL SOULS. 2016] DetailsOffice Hymn · Psalm Antiphon · Reading · Responsory · Magnificat

From the Missal

• Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “Just as Jesus died and has…” Cf. 1 Thess 4: 14; 1 Cor 15: 22
• Communion — Roman Missal “I am the Resurrection and the…” Cf. Jn 11: 25-26
• Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “Eternal rest grant unto them, O…” Cf. 4 Esdr 2: 34-35
• Communion — Roman Missal “Let perpetual light shine upon them…” Cf. 4 Esdr 2: 35, 34
• Entrance Antiphon — Roman Missal “God, who raised Jesus from the…” Cf. Rom 8: 11
• Communion — Roman Missal “We await a savior, the Lord…” Cf. Phil 3: 20-21
• Introit — Simple English Propers “E ternal rest grant unto them…” 4 Esd 2: 34, 35
• Offertory — Simple English Propers “OLord Jesus Christ, King of glory…”