GREETING:
L. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
R: Amen.
L. My dear friends, we gather today to pray for our brothers and sisters who have gone ahead of us to the next life. They have passed from death to life in company with the Lord Jesus, who died and rose to new life, and are purified now of their faults. We pray that God may welcome them among all the saints of heaven.
READING OF THE WORD OF GOD 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18
A reading from the First Letter of Paul to the Thessalonians.
We do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you may not grieve like the rest, who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose, so too will God, through Jesus, bring with him those who have fallen asleep. Indeed, we tell you this, on the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not precede those who have fallen asleep.
For the Lord himself, with a word of command, with the voice of an archangel and the trumpet of God, will come down from heaven, and he dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore, console one another with these words.
The word of the Lord.
R: Thanks be to God.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM Psalm 25
To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul
- In you I trust; let me not be put to shame; let not my enemies exult over me. No one who waits for you shall be put to shame; those shall be put to shame who heedlessly break faith. R.
- Your ways, O Lord, make known to me; teach me your paths, guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my savior, and for you I wait all the day. R.
- Remember that your compassion, O Lord, and your kindness are from of old. The sins of my youth and my frailties remember not; in your kindness remember me, because of your goodness, O Lord. R.
- Good and upright is the Lord; thus he shows sinners the way. He guides the humble to justice, he teaches the humble his way. R.
- All the paths of the Lord are kindness and constancy toward those who keep his covenant and his decrees. For your name’s sake, O Lord, you will pardon my guilt, great as it is. R.
LITANY
Lord, have mercy Lord, have mercy
Christ, have mercy Christ, have mercy
Lord, have mercy Lord, have mercy
Holy Mary, Mother of God pray for them
Saint Michael pray for them
Saint John the Baptist pray for them
Saint Joseph pray for them
Saint Peter pray for them
Saint Paul pray for them
Saint Andrew pray for them
Saint Stephen pray for them
Saint Ann pray for them
Saint Teresa pray for them
Saint Catherine pray for them
Saint Frances Cabrini pray for them
Saint Elizabeth Seton pray for them
Saint Sebastian pray for them
Saint Lorenzo Ruiz pray for them
Saint Pedro Calungsod pray for them
(The names of other saints may be added.)
All holy men and women pray for them
Christ, pardon all their faults Lord, hear our prayer
Christ, remember the good they have done Lord, hear our prayer
Christ, receive them into eternal life Lord, hear our prayer
Christ, comfort all those who mourn Lord, hear our prayer
Lord, have mercy Lord, have mercy
Christ, have mercy Christ, have mercy
Lord, have mercy Lord, have mercy
P. With Christ, there is mercy and fullness of redemption;
let us pray as Jesus taught us.
All: Our Father…
PRAYER
Almighty God and Father, by the mystery of the cross, you have made us strong; by the sacrament of the resurrection, you have sealed us as your own. Look kindly upon your servants, now freed from the bonds of mortality and count them among your saints in heaven. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.
CONCLUDING RITE
L. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord
A. And let perpetual light shine upon them
L. May they rest in peace.
A. Amen.
L. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
A. Amen.
L. In the name of the X Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
R: Amen.