eis, Domine; et O Lord; and let lux perpetua luceat eis. Ps. Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion: et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem. Exaudi orationem meam: ad te omnis caro veniet. Requiem, &c. to &c. to perpetual light shine on them. Ps. A hymn becometh thee, O God, in Sion: and a vow shall be paid to thee in Jerusalem. 0 hear my prayer: all flesh shall Ps. come to thee. Grant them, &c. to Ps. COLL. Deus, cui. O God, whose property it is always to have mercy and to spare, we humbly present our prayers to thee in behalf of the soul of thy servant N. which thou hast this day called out of the world: beseeching thee not to deliver it into the hands of the enemy, nor to forget it for ever but command it to be received by the holy angels, and to be carried into paradise: that as it believed and hoped in thee, it may be delivered from the pains of hell, and inherit everlasting life. Through. EPISTLE. 1 Thess. iv. 12, 17. Brethren: We will not have you ignorant concerning them that are asleep, that you be not sorrowful, even as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them who have slept through Jesus, will God bring with him. For this we say unto you in the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent them who have slept. For the Lord himself shall come down from heaven with commandment, and with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead who are in Christ shall rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, shall be taken up together with them in the clouds to meet Christ, into the air, and so shall we be always with the Lord. Wherefore comfort ye one another with these words. GRAD. Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine on them. V. The just shall be in everlasting remembrance: he shall not fear the evil hearing. TRACT. Absolve. Release, O Lord, the souls of all the faithful departed from the bonds of their sins. V. And by the assistance of thy grace may they escape the sentence of condemnation. V. And enjoy the bliss of eternal light. THE SEQUENCE OR PROSE. DIES IRE. DIES irse, dies illa T dreadful day THE day of wrath, that Solvet sæculum in fa- Shall the whole world in villa, ashes lay, Teste David cum Sy- As David and Sybilla billa. say. Quantus tremor est What horror will invade futurus, Quando Judex venturus, surus. the mind, est When the strict Judge, who would be kind, Cuncta stricte discus- Shall have few venial faults to find? Tuba mirum spargens sonum Per sepulchra regio num, Coget The last loud trumpet's omnes ante And wake the nations under ground. Rex tremendæ majes- Thou mighty formida ble King! tatis! Qui salvandos salvas Thou mercy's unexgratis, hausted spring! Salva me fons pieta- Some comfortable pity tis. bring. Quærens me, sedisti Thou, who for me didst lassus: Redemisti, passus : feel such pain, crucem Whose precious blood the cross did stain : Tantus labor non sit Let not those agonies |