Prayer for after the Funeral

ABSOLUTION OF THE DEAD.
PRAYERS SAID AFTER A FUNERAL MASS.

ENTER not into judgment with Thy servant, O Lord, for in Thy sight shall no man be justified, unless through Thee remission of all his sins be granted unto him. Let not, therefore, we beseech Thee, the sentence of Thy judgment weigh heavily upon him whom the true supplication of Christian Faith doth commend unto Thee: but, by the succor of Thy grace, may he be found worthy to escape the judgment of vengeance, who, while he lived, was sealed with the seal of the Holy Trinity.

Who livest and reignest. R. Amen.

The Libera me is either sung by the choir or recited by the Priest. [Or anyone.]

DELIVER me, O Lord, from eternal death in that awful day: when the heavens and the earth shall be shaken: when Thou shalt come to judge the world by fire.

V. I am seized with fear and trembling, until the trial shall be at hand, the wrath to come. When the heavens and the earth be shaken.
V. That day, a day of wrath, of wasting, and of misery, a great day, and exceeding bitter. When Thou shalt come to judge the world by fire.
V. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
R. Deliver me, O Lord, from eternal death in that awful day.

Then is said:

Lord, have mercy.

Christ, have mercy.

Lord, have mercy.

Our Father (secretly).

V. And lead us not into temptation.

R. But deliver us from evil.

V. From the gate of hell.

R. Deliver his soul, O Lord.

V. May he rest in peace.

R. Amen.

V. O Lord, hear my prayer.

R. And let my cry come unto Thee.

V. The Lord be with you.

R. And with thy spirit.

Let us pray.

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 deliver it not into the hands of the enemy, nor forget it unto the end; but command it to be received by Thy holy angels, and conducted into paradise, its true country; that, as in Thee it hath hoped and believed, it may not suffer the pains of hell, but may take possession of eternal joys:

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, etc.

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The entire Last Judgment by Michelangelo would be useful for meditation. For some analysis of it, see Art as a Source of Christian Meditation. In addition works depicting the resurrection and the celestial world may be helpful. In our grief we must always remember that Jesus said, "I am the resurrection and the life..." John 11:24-26 NIV.

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