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Structure of the Octave (November 1 to November 8)

November 1 (The Feast / Solemnity): All Saints’ Day, Honouring the Church Triumphant (all known and unknown saints in heaven)

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Opening Day (Nov 1) Double of the First Class Highest solemnity. No other feast could take its place. The antiphons (short chants preceding the psalms) were “doubled,” meaning they were sung in full before and after every psalm in the Breviary.

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November 1 focused on Joy: It celebrated the sheer, unnumbered, beautiful multicultural multitude of the blessed in heaven.

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