Monday: For the Dead

[Intention: For the dead.]

J| In the name of the Father, and of the

Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Our Father. Hail Mary. I believe.

S. O God, come to my assistance. IV. 0 Lord, make haste to help me.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.

Amen. Alleluia.

Ant. The Lord keepeth thee from all evil: may the Lord keep thy soul.

Ps. cxxix. De profundis.

OUT of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord: Lord, hear my voice.

Let Thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.

If Thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities; Lord, who shall stand it?

For with Thee there is merciful forgiveness: and by reason of Thy law I have waited for Thee, O Lord.

My soul hath relied on His word: my soul hath hoped in the Lord.

From the morning watch even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.

Because with the Lord there is mercy: and with Him plentiful redemption.

And He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

Eternal rest give to them, O Lord.

And let perpetual light shine upon them.

Ps. cxix. Ad Dominum.

IN my trouble I cried to the Lord: and He heard me.

O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue.

What shall be given to thee, or what shall be added to thee, to a deceitful tongue?

The sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals that lay waste.

Wo is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of Cedar: my soul hath been long a sojourner.

With them tha< hated peace I was peaceable: when I spoke to them they fought against me without cause.

Eternal rest give to them, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon them.

Ps. cxx.

Levavi oculos.

I HAVE lifted up my eyes to the mountains, from whence help shall come to me.

My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

May He not suffer thy foot to be moved; neither let Him slumber that keepeth thee.

Behold He shall neither slumber nor sleep, that keepeth Israel.

The Lord is thy keeper, the Lord is thy protection upon thy right hand.

The sun shall not burn thee by day: nor the moon by night.

The Lord keepeth thee from all evil; may the Lord keep thy soul.

May the Lord keep thy coming in and thy going out; from henceforth now and for ever.

Eternal rest give to them, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon them.

Ant The Lord keepeth thee from evil: may the Lord keep thy soul.

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The Chapter. 1 Cor. xv. 19-26: 50-55 F in this life only we have hope in

Christ, miserable.

we are of all men most

But now Christ is risen from the dead, the first-fruits of thefn that sleep:

For by a man came death, and by a man the resurrection of the dead.

And as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive.

But every one in his own order: the first-fruits of Christ, then they that are of Christ, who have believed in His coming.

Afterwards the end, when He shall have delivered up the kingdom to God and the Father, when He shall have brought to nought all principality, and power, and virtue.

For He must reign, Until He hath put all enemies under His feet.

And the enemy death shall be destroyed last....

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot possess the kingdom of God: neither shall corruption possess incorruption.

Behold I tell you a mystery. We shall all indeed rise again: but we shall not all be changed.

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall rise again incorruptible; and we shall be changed.

For this corruptible must put on incorruption; and this mortal must put on immortality.

And when this mortal hath put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: Death is swallowed up in victory.

0 death, where is thy victory? 0 death, where is thy sting?

Bj. Thanks be to God. Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. Our Father.

f. Save Thy servants.

Bj. Who hope in Thee, 0 my God.

y. Be unto them, O Lord, a tower of strength. Bj. From the face of the enemy. y. Let not the enemy prevail against them. IV. Nor the son of iniquity approach to hurt them. y. O Lord, deal not with us according to our sins. Bj. Neither requite us according to our iniquities. y. Let us pray for our Sovereign Pontiff

Benedict. Bj. The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon earth; and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies. y. Let us pray for our benefactors.

Rj. Vouchsafe, O Lord, for Thy name's sake, to reward with eternal life all them that do us good. Amen.

f. Let us pray for the faithful departed.

Bj. Eternal rest give to them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.

y. May they rest in peace.

Bj. Amen.

f. For our absent brethren.

Bj. Save Thy servants who hope in Thee, O my God.

f. Send them help, O Lord, from the sanctuary.

Bj. And defend them out of Sion.

f, O Lord, hear my prayer.

Bj. And let my cry come unto Thee.

Let us pray.

Incline, O Lord, Thine ear to our prayers in which we Thy suppliants entreat Thy mercy, that Thou mayest set the souls of Thy servants, whom Thou hast commanded to depart from this world, in a place of peace and light, and mayest bid them to the company of Thy saints.

Absolve, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the souls of Thy servants from every chain of their sins; that, when they rise again in the glory of the resurrection, they may live amongst Thy saints and elect.

Remember not, 0 Lord, the sins of their youth and their ignorances, but according to Thy great mercy be mindful of their souls in the brightness of their glory. May the heavens open before them, and the angels rejoice at their coming. Into Thy kingdom, Lord, receive Thy servants. May Michael, Archangel of God, welcome them, who is chief of the heavenly host. May the angels of God come to meet them and lead them into Jerusalem, the celestial city. May blessed Peter the apostle receive them, to whom have been given the keys of the heavenly kingdom. May Saint Paul the apostle help them, who was worthy to be made a vessel of election. May Saint John, chosen apostle of God, intercede for them, to whom were revealed the secrets of heaven. May all the holy apostles pray for them, to whom was given by the Lord the power to bind and to loose. May all the saints and elect of God intercede for them, who for the name of Christ have borne torments in this world: that, released from the bonds of the flesh, they may be worthy to attain to the glory of the heavenly kingdom, by the aid of our Lord Jesus Christ, who with Thee and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth, world without end. Amen.

For those at the very point of death.

Let us pray.

Stretch forth, 0 Lord, upon Thy servants the right hand of Thy heavenly help, that they may seek Thee with their whole heart, and obtain what they rightly ask for.

Guide, O Lord, our chiefs, and encourage all who serve, that, inspired only by ambition for Thy glory, they may be numbered now and always amongst Thy victorious servants. Through Jesus Christ Thy Son, our Lord, who, with Thee and the Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

For our soldiers and sailors.

For victory.

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O Lord, hear my prayer.

And let my cry come unto Thee.

May the Almighty and merciful Lord graciously hear us. Amen. And may the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of

God, rest in peace. Amen.