What does «misa de réquiem» mean in Spanish?
- A Requiem or Requiem Mass, also known as a Mass of the Dead (Latin: Missa pro defunctis), is a Mass in the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, using a particular form of the Roman Missal. It is usually, but not necessarily, celebrated in the context of a funeral. The term has been applied to other musical compositions associated with death, dying and mourning, even when they lack religious or liturgical relevance. The term is also used for similar ceremonies outside the Roman Catholic Church, especially in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of Anglicanism and in certain Lutheran churches. A comparable service, with an entirely different form and ritual texts, exists in the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, as well as in the Methodist Church.