Then the deacon. Let us pray to the Lord.
And the priest this prayer.
O Lord of hosts, who art the joy of the afflicted, the consolation of mourners, and the aid of all them that are faint-hearted; do thou in thy tenderness console them that are constrained with grief for him that hath fallen asleep, and heal every distress that lieth in their hearts, and rest thy servant, name, who hath fallen asleep in hope of the resurrection of eternal life, in the bosom of Abraham.
For thou art the resurrection, the life, and the repose of thy servant, name, O Christ our God, and to thee we ascribe glory, with thine unbeginning Father, and with thy most holy, and good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen.
Antiphon iii.
They that trust in the Lord are terrible to enemies, and wonderful to all; for they look on high.
Let not the inheritance of the righteous, having thee, O Saviour, as a helper, stretch forth their hands unto transgression.
Glory.
Of the Holy Ghost is the might in all things: him the hosts above worship, and everything that hath breath below.