#01- O GENTLEST
Heart of Jesus, ever present in the Blessed Sacrament, ever consumed with burning love for the poor captive souls in purgatory, have mercy on the soul of Thy departed servant. Be not severe in Thy Judgment but let some drops of Thy Precious Blood fall upon the devouring flames and do Thou O merciful Saviour send Thy angels to conduct Thy departed servant to a place of refreshment, light and peace, Amen.
May the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God, rest in peace Amen.
#02 - RESSURRECTION PRAYER
Most merciful Father, we commend our departed into your hands. We are filled with the sure hope that our departed will rise again on the Last Day with all who have dies in Christ. We thank you for all the good things you have given during our departed’s earthly life.
O Father, in your great mercy, accept our prayer that the Gates of Paradise may be opened for your servant. In our turn, may we too be comforted by the words of faith until we greet Christ in glory and we are united with you and our departed.
Through Christ our Lord, Amen
#03 - PRAYER BEFORE A CRUCIFIX
LOOK down upon me, good and gentle Jesus while before Your face I humbly kneel and, with burning soul pray and beseech You to fix deep in my heart lively sentiments of faith, hope, and charity, true contrition for my sin, and a firm purpose amendment. While I contemplate, with great love and tender pity, Your five most precious wounds. Pondering over them within me and calling to mind the words which David, Your prophet, said of You, my Jesus: “They have pierced my hands and my feet, they have numbered all my bones” Amen.
#04- LET US PLAY
Almighty God, through the death of Your Son on the cross, you have overcome death for us. Through his burial and resurrection from the dead you have made the grave a holy place and restored us eternal life. We pray for those who died believing in Jesus and are buried with him in the hope of rising again. God of living and the dead, may those who faithfully believed in you on earth praise you forever in the joy of heaven. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
#05 - The Our Father
Our Father, Who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen.
#06 - PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI
Lord make me an instrument of Thy peace, Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is darkness, light.
Where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master; grant that I may not so much seek but be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love; for it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is dying that we are born to eternal life.
#07 - DE PROFUNDIS
Out of the depths have I cried to Thee O Lord: Lord hear my voice.
Let thine 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, have I 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 plenteous redemption.
And he shall redeem Israel from all iniquities. Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.
#08 - Memorare
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone that fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my Mother; to thee I come before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful; O Mother of the Word incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me Amen.
#09 - Loved Him
Father we entrust our brother to your mercy.
You loved him greatly in this life: now that he is freed from all its cares, give him happiness and peace forever. Welcome him now into paradise where there will be no more sorrow, no more weeping or pain, but only peace and joy with Jesus your Son, and the Holy Spirit forever and ever.
#10- Loved Her
Father we entrust our sister to your mercy.
You loved her greatly in this life: now that she is freed from all its cares, give him happiness and peace forever.
Welcome her now into paradise where there will be no more sorrow, no more weeping or pain, but only peace and joy with Jesus your Son, and the Holy Spirit forever and ever.
#11-Incline Thine Ear
“We have loved them during life, let us not abandon them, until we have conducted them by our prayers into the house of the Lord”
St Ambrose
May Jesus have mercy on the Soul of:
PRAYER:
Incline Thine ear, O Lord, unto our prayers, wherein we humbly pray Thee show thy mercy upon the soul of Thy servant, whom of this world, that Thou wouldst place him in the region of peace and light, and bid him be a partaker with Thy Saints. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
#13- Preface of the Mass for the Dead
From the preface of the Mass for the Dead
It is truly right and just, proper and helpful toward salvation, that we always and everywhere give thanks to You, O Lord, holy father, almighty and eternal God, through Christ our Lord. In the same Christ the hope of a blessed resurrection has dawned for us, bringing all who are under the certain, sad sentence of death the consoling promise of future immortality. For those who have been faithful, O Lord, life is not ended, but merely changed; and when this earthly abode dissolves, and eternal dwelling place awaits them in heaven.
Eternal rest grant them O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.
#12- We Give Them Back
We give them back to you, O Lord, who first gave them to us; yet as you did not lose them in the giving, so, we do not lose them by their return…
For what is yours is ours also, if we belong to you.
Love is unending, and the boundary of this mortal life is but a horizon, and a horizon is nothing save the limits of our sight.
Lift us up, strong Son of God that we may see more clearly… And while you prepare a place for us, prepare us also for that happy place, that we may be with you, and with those we loved for ever more.
#14 - St. Augustine
Watch thou, dear Lord,
with those who wake,
or watch, or weep tonight
and give your angels charge
Over those who sleep.
Tend your sick ones,
O Lord Christ,
rest your weary ones,
bless your dying ones,
pity your afflicted ones
And all for your love’s sake!
#15 - God The Creator and Redeemer
O God, the creator and Redeemer of all the faithful, grant unto the souls of Thy servants departed the remission of all their sins; that, by pious supplications, they may obtain that pardon which they have always desired. Grant this, O Lord, Who livest and reignest for ever and ever. Amen.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.
Sweet Heart of Mary, be my salvation! Mary, Mother of Perpetual Help, pray for us.
Our Father, Hail Mary
#16 - O God The Giver of Pardon
“Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted” St. Matthew V.5
May Jesus have mercy on the soul of:
O God, the giver of pardon and lover of human salvation, have mercy on your servant who has departed from this world. May the intercession of the Blessed Mary ever virgin, and all your Saints assist this soul in attaining eternal happiness. May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.
#17- Roman Ritual
May he Angels lead you into Paradise, may the Martyrs receive you at your coming, and take you to Jerusalem, the holy city. May the choirs of Angels receive you with the once poor Lazarus, have rest everlasting. Amen.
(Roman Ritual)
May the Souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in Peace. Amen.
#18 - Cardinal Newman Prayer
May he support us all the day long
till the shades lengthen
and the evening comes
and the busy world is hushed
and the fever of life is over
and our work is done.
Then in His Mercy-
May he give us safe lodging
And a holy rest
And peace at last.