From reader(s)… synthesized…
QUAERUNTUR:
Is it possible to have a Requiem Mass for Francis during the Octave of Easter?
It seems that it is not possible, either in the Novus Ordo or in the Vetus Ordo. The Octave outweighs just about anything except an actually funeral Mass itself. The Vetus Requiem for the day or death or reception of death does not outweigh the Octave. The earliest possible Requiem would be next Monday, after Low Sunday, on 28 April.
When will it possible, because it is now the Octave, to have Votive Masses for the Election of a Pope?
The next opportunity for a Vetus Votive Mass for the Election of a Pope would be (1st) Saturday 3 May and then Tuesday 6 May and Thursday 8 May.
I think you should be able add orations before that.
NOTA BENE:
It has been pointed out that we are 9 days out – a Novena – to the Feast of St. Catherine of Siena on Wednesday 30 April. St. Catherine was one of the Holy Spirit’s mighty instruments in the restoration of the Papacy to Rome.
The Papacy returned to Rome from Avignon on 17 January 1377, when Pope Gregory XI, influenced (nagged?) by St. Catherine of Siena, moved the Papal court back to Rome, ending the Avignon Papacy (since 1309). She was the second woman to be declared a Doctor of the Church, on 4 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI, days after Teresa of Ávila. In 1999 Pope John Paul II proclaimed her a Patron Saint of Europe.
In this time of hopeful uncertainty for the Roman Church, she would be a good saint to beg to intercede for the best possible outcome of the upcoming conclave.
Remember: As Joseph Ratzinger explained, it is not the role of the Holy Spirit to pick a pope. The Holy Spirit prevents the fallible and sinful Cardinals from choosing a man who would be total disaster. That doesn’t mean that a pope can’t be a disaster. History teaches us about that. We will not have total disaster, no matter what.
Let us pray for much better.
