Mass for the Dead (Various Commemorations)

Entrance Antiphon (Cf. 4 Esdr 2: 34-35)
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,

and let perpetual light shine upon them.

Or:

Eternal rest grant unto him (her), O Lord,

and let perpetual light shine upon him (her).

Collect
O God, almighty Father,

our faith professes that your Son died and rose again;

mercifully grant, that through this mystery

your servant N., who has fallen asleep in Christ,

may rejoice to rise again through him.

Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

God, for ever and ever.

Or:

O God, whose nature

is always to forgive and to show mercy,

we humbly implore you for your servant N.,

whom you have called (this day) to journey to you,

and, since he (she) hoped and believed in you,

grant that he (she) may be led to our true homeland

to delight in its everlasting joys.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

God, for ever and ever.

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Prayers Over the Offerings
As we humbly present to you

these sacrificial offerings, O Lord,

for the salvation of your servant N.,

we beseech your mercy,

that he (she), who did not doubt your Son

to be a loving Savior,

may find in him a merciful Judge.

Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

Communion Antiphon (Cf. 4 Esdr 2: 34-35)

Let perpetual light shine upon them,

with your Saints for ever, for you are merciful.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,

and let perpetual light shine upon them,

with your Saints for ever, for you are merciful.

Or:

Let perpetual light shine upon him (her),

with your Saints for ever, for you are merciful.

Eternal rest grant unto him (her) O Lord,

and let perpetual light shine upon him (her),

with your Saints for ever, for you are merciful.

Prayer after Communion
Lord God, whose Son left us,

in the Sacrament of his Body,

food for the journey,

mercifully grant that, strengthened by it,

our brother (sister) N. may come

to the eternal table of Christ.

Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.