The Roman Missal: Masses for the Dead (English) 4

1[Common Mass for the Dead.]

2[For bishops or priests deceased.]

3Prayer. Deus qui inter. O God, who among the apostolic priests didst honour thy servants with the episcopal (or sacerdotal) dignity, grant, we beseech thee, that they may also be united to their everlasting society. Through our Lord, &c.

4[For deceased brethren, relations, and benefactors.]

5Prayer. Deus veniæ. O God, the giver of pardon and lover of the salvation of men, we beseech thy clemency, that thou wouldst grant the brethren, relations, and benefactors of our congregation who have departed out of this world, to arrive, through the intercession of blessed Mary, ever virgin, and all thy saints, at the fellowship of perpetual bliss.

6[For all the faithful departed.]

7Prayer. Fidelium. O God, the Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful, grant to the souls of thy servants departed the remission of all their sins; that by our pious supplications, they may obtain the pardon which they have always desired. Who livest, &c.

8Lesson. Apoc. xiv. 13. In those days, I heard a voice from heaven, saying to me, Write, blessed are the dead, who die in the Lord. From henceforth now saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours, for their works follow them.

9Gospel. St. John vi. 51—55. At that time, Jesus said to the multitudes of the Jews, I am the living bread, which came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give, is my flesh for the life of the world. The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? Then Jesus said to them, Amen, amen, I say unto you, Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you shall not have life in you. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath everlasting life: and I will raise him up in the last day.

10[For bishops or priests deceased.]

11Secret. Receive, O Lord, we beseech thee, the sacrifice we offer for the souls of thy servants, bishops (or priests); that thou mayest command them to whom, in this world thou didst grant the episcopal (or sacerdotal) dignity to be associated with thy saints. Through our Lord, &c.

12[For deceased brethren, relations, and benefactors.]

13Secret. O God, of whose mercy there is no number, favourably receive our humble prayers, and grant to the souls of our brethren, relations, and benefactors, whom thou didst grant to confess thy name, the remission of all their sins.

14[For all the faithful departed.]

15Secret. Mercifully look down, we beseech thee O Lord, upon this sacrifice which we offer to thee for the souls of thy servants; that to those to whom thou didst grant the merit of Christian faith, thou mayest also grant its reward. Through our Lord, &c.

16[For bishops or priests deceased.]

17Postcom. Prosit. We beseech thee, O Lord, that thy clemency which we implore, may benefit the souls of thy servants, bishops (or priests); that by thy mercy they may obtain eternal fellowship with him in whom they hoped and believed. Through, &c.

18[For deceased brethren, relations, and benefactors.]

19Postcom. Præsta. Grant, we beseech thee, O almighty and merciful God, that the souls of our brethren, relations, and benefactors, for whom we offer to thy Majesty this sacrifice of praise, being purified from their sins by virtue of this sacrament, may, by thy mercy, receive the blessing of perpetual light.

20[For all the faithful departed.]

21Postcom. Animabus. We beseech thee, O Lord, that the prayer of thy suppliants may benefit the souls of thy servants, that thou mayest deliver them from all their sins, and make them partakers of thy redemption. Who livest and reignest, &c.