“Who then shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation? or distress, or famine?... For I am sure that neither death, nor life, ... nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus Our Lord.”—Rom. viii. 35-39.
At The Elevation Of The Chalice
reflect how profusely Christ poured forth His blood from His five sacred wounds for the washing away of our sins. Run to Him, O sinner, that thou mayest be cleansed, and “draw waters with joy out of the Saviour's fountains.”—Is. xii. 3.
Affections.
“Suffer me, therefore, that I may lament my sorrow a little, before I go, and return no more, to a land that is dark and covered with the mist of death.”—Job x. 20, 21.
“Perhaps darkness shall cover me.”—Ps. cxxxix. 11.
At The Memento For The Dead
reflect on the infinite mercy of God towards those who fear Him, and pray for those holy souls who have departed this life according to His justice, and in the one true faith.
Affection.
O Jesus, “enlighten them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death.”—Luke i. 79.