LITANY FOR THE DEAD.

LORD,

ORD, have mercy.

CHRIST, have mercy.

LORD, have mercy.

O CHRIST, hear us.

O CHRIST, graciously hear us.

O GOD the FATHER, of Heaven : Have mercy on the souls of the faithful departed.

O GOD the SON, Redeemer of the world:

Have mercy, &c.

O GOD the HOLY GHOST:

Have mercy, &c.

Holy Trinity, One GOD:

Have mercy, &c.

Be merciful: spare them, O Lord.
Be merciful: hear them, O LORD.

From all evil,

From Thy wrath,

From the strictness of Thy justice,
From the power of evil spirits,
From the gnawing worm of con-

science,

From eternal anguish,
From cruel flames,

From intolerable cold,
From fearful darkness,

From dreadful weeping and gnash

ing of teeth,

By Thy wonderful Conception,
By Thy holy Birth,

By Thy sweetest Name,

By Thy Baptism and Holy Fast,

By Thy deep Humility,

By Thy ready Obedience,
By Thy Purity,

By Thine utter Poverty,
By Thy loving Meekness,
By Thy boundless Love,
By Thy Pains and Anguish,
By Thy bloody Sweat,

By Thy leading away Captive,
By Thy Flagellation,

By Thy Coronation,

By Thy bearing of the Cross,
By Thy bitter Death,

Good Lord, deliver them.

By Thy most holy Wounds,

By Thy Cross and bitter Passion,
By Thy glorious Resurrection,
By Thy wonderful Ascension,

By the coming of the HOLY GHOST,
In the Day of Judgment,

Good Lord,&c.

We sinners: beseech Thee to hear us.

Who didst pardon Mary,

Who heardest the prayer of the publican,

Who givest grace for grace,

Who hast the keys of death and of hell,

That Thou wouldst save the souls of our parents, relations, friends, and benefactors from the pains of hell,

That Thou wouldst deliver all the faithful departed from eternal damnation,

That Thou wouldst have mercy on the souls whose memory is lost on earth,

That Thou wouldst spare them, and be gracious to them all,

That Thou wouldst fulfil their desire,

That Thou wouldst bring them into the company of Thine Elect,

We beseech Thee to hear us.

King of tremendous Majesty,

We beseech Thee to hear us.

SON of GOD,

We beseech Thee to hear us.

O Lamb of God, &c.
Grant them rest.

O Lamb of God, &c.
Grant them eternal rest.
O CHRIST, hear us.

O CHRIST, graciously hear us.
LORD, have mercy.

CHRIST, have mercy.
LORD, have mercy.

Our FATHER, &c.

V. From the gates of hell:
B. Deliver their souls, O LORD.
V. LORD, hear our prayer :

B. And let our cry come unto Thee.

GOD, to Whom all things do live, mercifully look upon the souls of the faithful departed (especially. . . . ) and grant that they may be purified from all stain of sin, and, entering into Thy rest, may pass from glory to glory till they come to the full light of the Beatific Vision; to which we beseech Thee to bring us also. Through.

V. Eternal rest grant unto them, O LORD.

B. And light perpetual shine upon them.

V. May they rest in peace.
B. Amen.