My LORD’s BibleThe Roman Missal: Masses for the Dead (English) 2
1[Mass on the Day of Decease or Burial.]
2Prayer. Deus cui. O God, whose property is always to have mercy and to spare, we humbly beseech thee for the soul of thy servant N. which thou hast this day commanded to depart out of this world; that thou mayest not deliver it into the hands of the enemy, nor forget it unto the end; but command it to be received by holy angels, and to be carried to its country Paradise; that, as in thee it hoped and believed, it may not suffer the pains of hell, but possess eternal joys. Through our Lord, &c.
3Epistle. 1 Thess. iv. 12—17. Brethren, we will not have you ignorant concerning them that are asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them who have slept through Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you in the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent them who have slept. For the Lord himself shall come down from heaven, with commandment, and with the voice of an Archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead who are in Christ shall rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, shall be taken up together with them in the clouds to meet Christ, into the air, and so shall we be always with the Lord. Wherefore comfort ye one another with these words.
4Gospel. St John xi. 21—27. At that time, Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died: but now also I know that whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. Jesus saith to her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith to him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me although he be dead, shall live; and every one that liveth, and believeth in me, shall not die for ever. Believest thou this? She saith to him, Yea, Lord, I have believed that thou art Christ the Son of the living God, who art come into this world.
6Postcom. Præsta. Grant, we beseech thee, O Almighty God, that the soul of thy servant N. which has this day departed out of this world, being purified by this sacrifice, and delivered from sins, may receive pardon and everlasting rest. Through our Lord, &c.
7[On the third, seventh, and thirtieth days after a person's burial, the Mass is said as above, except what follows.]
8Prayer. Quæsumus Domine. We beseech thee, O Lord, that thou wouldst vouchsafe to grant the society of thy saints and elect to the soul of thy servant N. the third (or seventh, or thirtieth), day of whose burial we commemorate, and wouldst pour down upon it the everlasting dew of thy mercy. Through our Lord, &c.
9Secret. Look down appeased, we beseech thee, O Lord, upon the offerings we make for the soul of thy servant N. that purified by heavenly remedies, it may repose in thy mercy. Through our Lord, &c.
10Postcom. Suscipe. Receive our prayers, O Lord, for the soul of thy servant N. that whatever stains of earthly contagion may have adhered to him, may be effaced by the mercy of thy forgiveness. Through our Lord, &c.