Solemn High Mass

Famous quotes containing the words solemn, high and/or mass:

    “‘Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother,
    Nor customary suits of solemn black,
    ...
    Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief,
    That can denote me truly.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “The chief want, in every State that I have been into, was a high and earnest purpose in its inhabitants. This alone draws out “the great resources” of Nature, and at last taxes her beyond her resources; for man naturally dies out of her.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “May they rest in peace.
    [Requiescant in pace.]”
    —Missal, The. Order of Mass for the Dead.

    The Missal is book of prayers and rites used to celebrate the Roman Catholic mass during the year.