The Feast of All Saints - Nov. 1

HYMN - Roman Catholic Daily Missal, 1962

The Father's pardon from above, O Christ, bestow, Thy servants spare;
And, bending from Thy throne of love, Regard the Blessed Virgin's prayer.

Bright Angels, happy evermore, Who in your circles nine ascend,
As ye have guarded us before, So still from future ills defend.

Ye prophets, and apostles high, Forgiveness for our sins entreat,
Who for our faults now weeping cry, Before the dread Lord's judgment seat.

Ye purple-clad, the Martyr band, Confessors, too, a shining train,
O call us to our native land, From this our exile, back again.

Ye choirs of virgins, pure and chaste, Ye hermits, who from deserts bare,
To heaven were called: O bid us haste, The thrones of Saints on high to share.

From Christian realms chase for away, The faithless host of evil men;
That all beneath one Shepherd's sway, Within one fold may come again.

To God the Father glory be, And to the sole-begotten Son,
With Holy Ghost eternally, While everlasting ages run.  Amen.

V. Be glad, O ye just, and rejoice in the Lord.
R. And be joyful all ye that are right of heart.

ANTIPHON AT THE MAGNIFICAT

O ye Angels and Archangels, Thrones and Dominions, Principalities and Powers, ye Hosts of heaven, Cherubim and Seraphim, ye Partiarchs and Prophets, and holy Doctors of the law, Apostles, and all Martyrs of Christ, holy Confessors and Virgins of the Lord, Hermits and all Saints, intercede for us.