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Prayers for all Occasions, Needs, and Intentions
PRAYERS - THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS
The Church's full cycle of daily Prayer
The Prayers for our Beloved Dead may be used on the Feast of All Souls and anytime to reflect on the mystery of death especially the death of a relative or friend.
OUR DEAD MORNING PRAYER
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Morning
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Introduction |
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Psalmody |
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Conclusion |
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OUR BELOVED DEAD
Morning Prayer
Introduction
God, come to my assistance. Lord, make haste to help me.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Alleluia.
Psalmody
The bones that were crushed shall leap for joy before the Lord.
Have
mercy on me, God, in your kindness. In your compassion blot out my
offense. O wash me more and more from my guilt and cleanse me from my sin.
My
offenses truly I know them; my sin is always before me. Against you, you
alone, have I sinned; what is evil in your sight I have done.
That
you may be justified when you give sentence be without reproach when you
judge, O see, in guilt I was born, a
sinner was I conceived.
Indeed
you love truth in the heart; then in the secret of my heart teach me
wisdom. O purify me, then I shall be clean; O wash me, I shall be whiter
than snow.
Make
me hear rejoicing and gladness, that the bones you have crushed may
revive. From my sins turn away your face and blot out all my guilt.
A
pure heart create for me, 0 God, put a steadfast spirit within me. Do not
cast me away from your presence, nor deprive me of your holy spirit.
Give
me again the joy of your help; with a spirit of fervor sustain me, that I
may teach transgressors your ways and sinners may return to you.
O
rescue me, God, my helper, and my tongue shall ring out your goodness. O
Lord, open my lips
and my mouth shall declare your praise.
For
in sacrifice you take no delight, burnt offering from me you would refuse,
my sacrifice, a contrite spirit. A
humbled, contrite heart you will not spurn.
In your goodness, show favor to Zion: rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Then you will be pleased with lawful sacrifice, holocausts offered on your altar.
For all the saints who from their labors rest,
Who
thee by faith before the world confessed,
Thy name, 0 Jesus, be for ever blest:
Alleluia,
alleluia!
Thou
wast their rock, their fortress and their might;
Thou,
Lord, their captain in the well-fought fight;
Thou
in the darkness drear their one true light:
Alleluia,
alleluia!
O blest communion, fellowship divine!
We feebly struggle, they in glory shine,
Yet
all are one in thee, for all are thine:
Alleluia,
alleluia!
But,
lo, there breaks a yet more glorious day;
The
saints triumphant rise in bright array:
The
King of glory passes on his way:
Alleluia, alleluia!
At the very threshold of death, rescue me, Lord.
OT Testament Canticle
Once
I said, “In the noontime of life I must depart! To the gates of the
nether world I shall be consigned for the rest of my years.”
I
said, “I shall see the Lord no more in the land of the living. No longer
shall I behold my fellow men among those who dwell in the world.”
My
dwelling, like a shepherd’s tent, is struck down and borne away from me;
you have folded up my life, like a weaver who severs the last thread.
Day
and night you give me over to torment; I cry out until the dawn. Like a
lion he breaks all my bones; day and night you give me over to torment.
Like
a swallow I utter shrill cries; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak,
gazing heaven-ward: O Lord, I am in straits; be my surety!
You
have preserved my life from the pit of destruction, when you cast behind
your back all my sins.
For
it is not the nether world that gives you thanks, nor death that praises
you; neither do those who go down into the pit await your kindness.
The
living, the living give you thanks, as I do today. Fathers declare to
their sons, O God, your faithfulness.
The Lord is our savior; we shall sing to stringed instruments in the house of the Lord all the days of our life.
I will praise my God all the days of my life.
My
soul, give praise to the Lord; I will praise the Lord all my days, make
music to my God while I live.
Put
no trust in princes, in mortal men in whom there is no help. Take
their breath, they return to clay and their plans that day come to
nothing.
He
is happy who is helped by Jacob’s God, whose hope is in the Lord his
God, who alone made heaven and earth, the seas and all they contain.
It
is he who keeps faith forever, who is just to those who are oppressed. It
is he who gives bread to the hungry, the Lord, who sets prisoners free,
the
Lord, who gives sight to the blind, who raises up those who are bowed
down, the Lord, who protects the stranger and upholds the widow and
orphan.
It is the Lord who loves the just but thwarts the path of the wicked. The Lord will reign for ever, Zion’s God, from age to age.
If
we believe that Jesus died and rose, God will bring forth with him from
the dead those also who have fallen asleep believing in him.
I
will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
I
will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
You turned my sorrow into joy, for you have rescued me.
Glory
to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the
beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.
I
am the Resurrection, I am the Life; to believe in me means life, in spite
of death, and all who believe and live in me shall never die.
Zechariah's Canticle
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; he has come to his people and set them free.
He has raised up for us a mighty savior, born of the house of his servant David.
Through his holy prophets he promised of old that he would save us from our enemies, from the hands of all who hate us.
He promised to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant.
This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham: to set us free from the hands of our enemies, free to worship him without fear, holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life.
You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way, to give his people knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of their sins.
In the tender compassion of our God the dawn from on high shall break upon us, to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Let
us pray to the all-powerful Father who raised Jesus from the dead and
gives new life to our mortal bodies, and say to him: Lord, give us new
life in Christ.
Father,
through baptism we have been buried with your Son and have risen with him
in his resurrection, grant that we may walk in newness of life so that
when we die, we may live with Christ forever.
Provident
Father, you have given us the living bread that has come down from heaven
and which should always be eaten worthily, grant that we may eat this
bread worthily and be raised up to eternal life on the last day.
Lord,
you sent an angel to comfort your Son in his agony, give us the hope of
your consolation when death draws near.
You
delivered the three youths from the fiery furnace, free your faithful ones
from the punishment they suffer for their sins.
God of the living and the dead, you raised Jesus from the dead, raise up those who have died and grant that we may share eternal glory with them.
The Lord's Prayer
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.
Final Prayer
Lord, hear our prayers. By raising your Son from
the dead, you have given us faith. Strengthen our hope that N., our
brother (sister), will share in his resurrection.
We
ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ your Son, who lives and reigns with
you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.
May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.
Trinitarian Ending
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Conclusion