PRAYER OF ETERNAL REST FOR HER, FOR HIM, FOR ALL

“He who loves his life shall lose it; and he who hates his life in this world, keeps his life unto life eternal.” - Jesus

PRAYERS FOR THE DEPARTED

Almighty Father, source of forgiveness and salvation, grant that everyone I love who has passed from this life will share Your Eternal happiness. I ask this in Lord Jesus’ Name.

Amen.

Grant eternal rest to her, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon her. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Amen.

Grant eternal rest to him, Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Amen.

Grant eternal rest to them all, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them all. May all the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Amen.


PRAYER OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
when there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.

Grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand,
to be loved as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

-Saint Francis of Assisi (b. 1181 d.1226)