教宗良十四世主持逝世红衣主教与主教追思弥撒：为7位红衣主教与136位主教祈祷
梵蒂冈——11月5日，教宗良十四世在梵蒂冈 St. Peter's Basilica 的圣伯多禄宝座祭台主持追思弥撒，为过去一年逝世的红衣主教与主教祈祷。今年受献祭的名单包括7位红衣主教与136位主教；这是教宗每年11月初主持的固定礼仪。
讲道中，良十四世引述《若望福音》「谁侍奉我，就当跟随我；我在哪里，我的仆人也要在哪里」（Jn 12:26），并借圣奥斯定之母圣莫尼卡临终的话——「我只求你们一件事：无论你们在哪里，要在主的祭台前纪念我」——指出死亡的奥秘与为亡者祈祷相连，这是教会自最初便践行的基本职责之一。
他以第一篇读经中犹大·玛加伯为阵亡同伴献赎罪祭的故事（2 Macc 12:43-46）阐释复活的希望与诸圣相通：为亡者祈祷建立在确信之上——在基督内，生命不会失落，因为已经蒙救赎；若没有复活，为亡者祈祷便无意义。他说：「不要让对逝者的纪念沦为单纯的怀旧。」为亡者祈祷，就是庆祝生命——首先是主基督复活的生命，其次是人在祂内重新获得的生命。
弥撒以拉丁语举行。礼成后，良十四世前往大殿之下的梵蒂冈石窟，在多位前任教宗墓前祈祷，其中包括 St. Paul VI、Venerable Pius XII 与 Benedict XVI 的墓。
据梵蒂冈礼仪庆典办公室10月28日的公告，这台弥撒于11月5日上午9时举行，枢机团与教宗礼仪团成员参加。（来源：梵蒂冈）
Pope Leo XIV Offers Mass for Deceased Cardinals and Bishops: Prayers for 7 Cardinals and 136 Bishops
Vatican City — On November 5, Pope Leo XIV presided over a Mass at the Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica for the repose of the cardinals and bishops who died during the past year. This year's Mass was offered for seven cardinals and 136 bishops, in the customary early-November liturgy celebrated by the popes each year.
In his homily, Leo XIV quoted the Gospel of John — "Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also" (Jn 12:26) — and recalled the final words of Saint Monica to her sons Augustine and Navigius: "One thing only I ask of you, that you remember me at the altar of the Lord, wherever you may be." Here, he said, the mystery of death is linked to prayer for the dead, which the Church has practised from her earliest beginnings as one of her fundamental duties.
Drawing on the first reading, in which Judas Maccabeus arranged a sin offering for his fallen companions (2 Macc 12:43-46), the pope reflected on two truths that illuminate prayer for the deceased: hope in the resurrection and the communion of saints. Remembrance of the departed at the altar, he said, rests on the promise that life in Christ is not lost, because it has been redeemed; if there were no resurrection, praying for the dead would be futile. "Let us not allow the memory of the deceased to become merely nostalgic," he said, adding that to pray for the dead is to celebrate life — first the risen life of Christ, and then, by his grace, our own.
The Mass was celebrated in Latin. Afterward, Leo XIV visited the grottoes beneath St. Peter's Basilica to pray at the tombs of his predecessors, including St. Paul VI, Venerable Pius XII and Benedict XVI.
According to the October 28 notice of the Vatican's Office of Liturgical Celebrations, the Mass began at 9 a.m. on November 5, with members of the Papal Chapel in attendance. (Source: Vatican News)
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图片来源：图：梵蒂冈 St. Peter's Basilica 内的圣伯多禄宝座祭台（Altar of the Chair），11月5日追思弥撒在此举行。Dnalor 01 摄，CC BY-SA 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Altar of the Chair in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, where the November 5 memorial Mass was celebrated. By Dnalor 01, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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