The Complete Manual of Catholic Piety / Containing a Selection of Fervent Prayers, Pious Reflection, and Solid Instructions, Adapted to Every State of Life. To Which is Annexed a Supplement, Containing Excellent and Approved Devotions, With the Epistles and Gospels for All the Sundays and Festivals of the Year.

by William Gahan

V. May they rest in peace.

R. Amen.

V. May his soul (their souls), and may the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

R. Amen.

Litany For The Dead.

"It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins."
2 Maccabees xii. 46.

Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Jesus, receive our prayers.
Lord Jesus, grant our petitions.
O God the Father, Creator of the world,
Have mercy on the souls of the faithful
departed.
O God the Son, Redeemer of mankind,
Deliver the souls of the faithful departed.
O God the Holy Ghost, perfecter of the elect,
Accomplish the bliss of the faithful departed.
Blessed Virgin Mary, who, by the special privilege
of grace, was triumphantly assumed into the
kingdom of thy Son,
Pray for the souls of the faithful departed.
Blessed angels, who, ordering aright the first act
of your will, were fixed forthwith in unchangeable
happiness,
Pray for the souls of the faithful departed.
Blessed patriarchs, who were filled with joy when
the Desired of Nations put an end to your
captivity,
Pray for the souls of the faithful departed.
Blessed prophets, who after patiently awaiting the
arrival of the Messiah, were at length consoled by
a visit from him in person,
Pray for the souls of the faithful departed.Blessed saints, who at the glorious resurrection
of our Saviour, were translated from Limbo to the
visible presence of God,
Pray for the souls of the faithful departed.
Blessed apostles, who at the last day shall sit to
judge the twelve tribes of Israel,
Pray for the souls of the faithful departed.
Blessed disciples of our Lord, who followed his
steps in the narrow paths to perfection,
Pray for the souls of the faithful departed.
Blessed martyrs, who passed through the sea of
your own blood, entering immediately into the land
of promise,
Pray for the souls of the faithful departed.
Blessed confessors, who despised the vanity of the
earth, and placed your affections on the joys of
heaven,
Pray for the souls of the faithful departed.
Blessed virgins, who, with your lighted lamps,
awaited the coming of the heavenly spouse,
Pray for the souls of the faithful departed.
O holy saints, who, being freed from all irregular
attachment to creatures, were perfectly fitted for
an immediate union with your Creator,
Pray for the souls of the faithful departed.
Be merciful, O Lord, and pardon their sins.
Be merciful, O Lord, and hear their prayers.
From the shades of death, where the light of thy
countenance shineth not,
Deliver them, O Lord.
From the evils to which immortification in this
world must expose them in the other,
Deliver them, O Lord.
From thy displeasure, provoked by negligence and
ingratitude, Deliver them, O Lord.
From the pains of purgatory, so justly inflicted
upon unexpiated sins,
Deliver them, O Lord.From the torments of purgatory, incomparably
greater than the bitterest anguish of this life,
Deliver them, O Lord.
By the multitude of thy mercies, ever
compassionate to human frailties,
Deliver them, O Lord.
By the virtue of thy cross, whereon thou
reconciledst the world to thy Father,
Deliver them, O Lord.
By thy victorious descent into hell, to break the
chains of death,
Deliver them, O Lord.
By thy glorious resurrection from the tomb, to
open the kingdom of heaven,
Deliver them, O Lord.
By thy triumphant ascension into heaven, to lead
captivity captive,
Deliver them, O Lord.
By thy dread coming to judge the world,
Deliver them, O Lord.
We sinners,
Beseech thee to hear us.
That it please thee to hasten the day when thy
faithful shall be delivered from the mansions of
sorrow,
We Beseech thee to hear us.
That it please thee to shorten the time of their
expiation, and to admit them speedily into thy
heavenly sanctuary,
We Beseech thee to hear us.
That it please thee through the prayers and good
works performed in thy church, to receive them
into thy eternal tabernacles,
We Beseech thee to hear us.
That it please thee to accept, in atonement for
their sins, the infinite value of thy unbloody
sacrifice,
We Beseech thee to hear us.
That the blessed view of Jesus may comfort them,
and his unfading glory shine upon them,
We Beseech thee to hear us.That the whole triumphant church may soon
celebrate their deliverance and the choir of
angels sing new hymns of joy, on their neverending
happiness,
We Beseech thee to hear us.
That we ourselves may share in their triumph, and
unite with all the citizens of heaven in eternal
alleluias,
We Beseech thee to hear us.
Son of God,
We Beseech thee to hear us.
Lamb of God, who shalt come with glory to judge
the living and the dead,
Give rest to the souls of the faithful departed.
Lamb of God, at whose presence the heavens and the
earth shall be moved,
Give rest to the souls of the faithful departed.
Lamb of God, in whose book of life the names of
thy elect are inscribed,
Give rest to the souls of the faithful departed.

The Antiphon.

Deliver us, O Lord, from eternal death, in that tremendous day, when the heavens and the earth shall be moved; whilst thou shalt come to judge the world by fire. We tremble and are sore afraid at the discussion which will take place, and at thy future wrath; when the heavens and the earth shall be moved; when thou shalt come to judge the world by fire.