Prayers Cemetery Prayer

Cemetery Prayer

FAMILY PRAYER ON VISITING THE CEMETERY

(+) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit Amen.

My dear friends, we gather today to pray for our brothers and sisters whose bodies he here in rest.

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.

Brothers and sisters, listen to the words of the first letter of Paul to the Thessalonians.

We shall stay with the Lord for even 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.

The Word of the Lord.

R. 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. To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul

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 your I wait all the day.

R. To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

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 Paul,	pray for them
Saint Lorenzo Ruiz,	pray for them
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

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. R. Amen.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,

R. And let perpetual light shine upon them.

May they rest in peace.

R. Amen.

May their souls and the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

R. Amen.

(+) In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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