The just shall be in everlasting remembrance;
He shall not fear the evil hearing.
Absolve, O Lord, the souls of the faithful departed from every bond of
sin, And by the help of Thy grace may they be enabled to escape the avenging
judgment, and to enjoy the happiness of eternal life.
Because in Thy mercy are deposited the souls that departed in an inferior
degree of grace,
Lord have mercy.
Because their present suffering is greatest in the knowledge of the pain
that their separation from Thee is causing Thee,
Lord have mercy.
Because of their present inability to add to Thy accidental glory,
Lord have mercy.
Not for our consolation, O Lord; not for their release from purgative
pain, O God; but for Thy joy and the greater accidental honor of Thy throne,
O Christ the King,
Lord have mercy.
For the souls of our departed friends, relations and benefactors,
Grant them light and peace, O Lord.
For those of our family who have fallen asleep in Thy bosom, O Jesus,
Grant them light and peace, O Lord.
For those who have gone to prepare our place,
Grant them light and peace, O Lord.
For priests who were our spiritual directors,
Grant them light and peace, O Lord.
For men or women who were our teachers in school,
Grant them light and peace, O Lord.
For those who were our employers or employees,
Grant them light and peace, O Lord.
For those who were our associates in daily toil,
Grant them light and peace, O Lord.
For any soul whom we ever offended,
Grant them light and peace, O Lord.
For our enemies now departed,
Grant them light and peace, O Lord.
For those souls who have none to pray for them,
Grant them light and peace, O Lord.
For those forgotten by their friends and kin,
Grant them light and peace, O Lord.
For those now suffering the most,
Grant them light and peace, O Lord.
For those who have acquired the most merit,
Grant them light and peace, O Lord.
For the souls next to be released from Purgatory,
Grant them light and peace, O Lord.
For those who, while on earth, were most devoted to God the Holy Ghost, to
Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament, to the holy Mother of God,
Grant them light and peace, O Lord.
For all deceased popes and prelates,
Grant them light and peace, O Lord.
For all deceased priests, seminarians and religious,
Grant them light and peace, O Lord.
For all our brethren in the Faith everywhere,
Grant them light and peace, O Lord.
For all our separated brethren who deeply loved Thee, and would have come
into Thy household had they known the truth,
Grant them light and peace, O Lord.
For those souls who need, or in life asked, our prayers,
Grant them light and peace, O Lord.
For those, closer to Thee than we are, whose prayers we need,
Grant them light and peace, O Lord.
That those may be happy with Thee forever, who on earth were true
exemplars of the Catholic Faith,
Grant them eternal rest, O Lord.
That those may be admitted to Thine unveiled Presence, who as far as we
know never committed mortal sin,
Grant them eternal rest, O Lord.
That those may be housed in glory, who lived always in recollection and
prayer,
Grant them eternal rest, O Lord.
That those may be given the celestial joy of beholding Thee, who lived
lives of mortification, self-denial, and penance,
Grant them eternal rest, O Lord.
That those may be flooded with Thy love, who denied themselves even Thy
favors of indulgence and who made the heroic act for the souls who had gone
before them,
Grant them eternal rest, O Lord.
That those may be drawn up to the Beatific Vision, who never put obstacles
in the way of sanctifying grace and who ever drew closer in mystical union
with Thee,
Grant them eternal rest, O Lord.
Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord,
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
Let us pray:
Be mindful, O Lord, of all Thy servants and
handmaids who are gone before us with the sign of faith and repose in the sleep
of grace. To these, O Lord, and to all who rest in Christ, grant, we beseech
Thee, a place of refreshment, light and peace, through the same Christ Our Lord.
Amen.