With the saints give rest, O Christ, to the soul of Thy servant,
where sorrow and pain are no more;
neither sighing, but life everlasting.
Thou only art immortal,
Who hast created and fashoned man.
For out of the earth were we mortals made,
and unto the earth shall we return again:
as Thou didst command when Thou madest me, saying unto me,
"For earth thou art und unto the earth shalt thou return."
Whither also all we mortals wend our way,
making of our funeral dirge the song:
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
A Prayer for the Departed
O God of spirits and all flesh, who hast trampled down death and made powerless the Devil, and given life to thy world, do Thou, the same Lord give rest to the soul of Thy departed servant [
name] in a place of brightness, a place of green pastures, a place of repose, whence all sickness, sorrow and sighing have fled away. Pardon every sin which he hath committed, whether by word, or deed, or thought, for Thou art a good God and lovest man: for there is no man that liveth and sinneth not, for Thou only art without sin, and Thy righeousness is unto eternity, and Thy word is truth. For Thou art the Resurrection and the Life, and the repose of Thy servant [
name], O Christ Our God, and unto Thee do we send up glory, together with Thy Father Who is without beginning and Thine All-Holy and good and life creating Spirit, now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.
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