All Faithful Departed 
All Souls’ Day

2 November

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| Lesser feasts and fasts (1997)
The traditional ceremonial of All Souls’ Day includes a commendation of the departed. For this purpose, a catafalque may be placed at the head of the nave. This is a simple wooden frame covered by a pall, and surrounded with six candles of unbleached wax.
A black frontal should not be placed on an altar where the Blessed Sacrament is reserved. The Sacrament should be moved to a side altar or else a violet frontal should be used. The Sacred Ministers (and Bishop, if present) wear black vestments, but any other clergy should be vested in cassock and surplice, and if preaching or assisting with Communion, should wear a violet stole.
Part 1. English Rite I
Introit | Requiem æternam | Cf. 2 Esdras 2:34,35/Psalm 65:1,2

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est eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them. Psalm. Thou, O God, art praised in Sion, and unto thee shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem; thou that hearest the prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. Gloria Patri is omitted. Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them.

Graduale romanum (1961), Missa pro Defunctis | |
Gloria in excelsis is omitted. | |
Collect | |

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 God, the Maker and Redeemer of all believers: Grant to the faithful departed the unsearchable benefits of the passion of thy Son; that on the day of his appearing they may be manifested as thy children; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Lesson	Odd years Wisdom 3:1-9
Even years Isaiah 25:6-9

Gradual | Requiem æternam | Cf. 2 Esdras 2:34,35/Psalm 112:6,7
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them. Verse. The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance; he will not be afraid of any evil tidings. | |
Graduale romanum (1961), Missa pro Defunctis | |

Epistle	Odd years 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Even years 1 Corinthians 15:50-58

Tract | Absolve Domine | Anonymous
Absolve, O Lord, the souls of all the faithful departed from all the chains of their sins, | |
That by the succour of thy grace they may be found worthy to escape the avenging judgement, | |
And enjoy the bliss of everlasting light. | |
Graduale romanum (1961), Missa pro Defunctis | |
Sequence | Dies iræ | Thomas of Celano, 3rd cent.; English text: The hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, 1940 (1961)
Day of wrath! O day of mourning! See fulfilled the prophets’ warning, heav’n and earth in ashes burning! | |
O what fear man’s bosom rendeth when from heav’n the Judge descendeth, on whose sentence all dependeth! | |
Wondrous sound the trumpet flingeth; through earth’s sepulchres it ringeth; all before the throne it bringeth. | |
Death is struck, and nature quaking, all creation is awaking, to its Judge an answer making. | |
Lo! the book, exactly worded, wherein all hath been recorded: thence shall judgement be awarded. | |
When the Judge his seat attaineth and each hidden deed arraigneth, nothing unavenged remaineth. | |
What shall I, frail man, be pleading? Who for me be interceding, when the just are mercy needing? | |
King of majesty tremendous, who dost free salvation send us, Fount of pity, then befriend us. | |
Think, good Jesus, my salvation cost thy wondrous incarnation; leave me not to reprobation! | |
Faint and weary, thou hast sought me, on the cross of suffering bought me. Shall such grace be vainly brought me? | |
Righteous Judge! for sin’s pollution grant thy gift of absolution, ere the day of retribution. | |
Guilty, now I pour my moaning, all my shame with anguish owning; spare, O God, thy suppliant groaning! | |
Thou the sinful woman savedst; thou the dying thief forgavest; and to me a hope vouchsafest. | |
Worthless are my prayers and sighing, yet, good Lord, in grace complying, rescue me from fires undying! | |
With thy favoured sheep O place me, nor among the goats abase me, but to thy right hand upraise me. | |
While the wicked are confounded, doomed to flames of woe unbounded, call me with thy saints surrounded. | |
Low I kneel, with heart-submission: see, like ashes, my contrition; help me in my last condition. | |
Ah! that day of tears and mourning! From the dust of earth returning, man for judgement must prepare him; spare, O God, in mercy spare him! | |
Lord, all-pitying, Jesus blest, grant them thine eternal rest. Amen. | |
Graduale romanum (1961), Missa pro Defunctis | |
The Holy Gospel	John 5:24-27
The Nicene Creed is omitted
Prayers of the People
In peace, let us pray to the Lord.
Almighty God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord: Grant, we beseech thee, to thy whole Church in paradise and on earth, thy light and thy peace. Amen.
Grant that all who have been baptized into Christ’s death and resurrection may die to sin and rise to newness of life, and that through the grave and gate of death we may pass with him to our joyful resurrection. Amen.
Grant to us who are still in our pilgrimage, and who walk as yet by faith, that thy Holy Spirit may lead us in holiness and righteousness all our days. Amen.
Grant to thy faithful people pardon and peace, that we may be cleansed from all our sins, and serve thee with a quiet mind. Amen.
Grant to all who mourn a sure confidence in thy fatherly care, that, casting all their grief on thee, they may know the consolation of thy love. Amen.
Grant us grace to entrust all who are dear to us to thy never-failing love; receive them into the arms of thy mercy, and remember him according to the favour which thou bearest unto thy people. Amen.
Grant that, increasing in knowledge and love of thee, they may go from strength to strength in the life of perfect service in thy heavenly kingdom. Amen.
Grant us, with all who have died in the hope of the resurrection, to have our consummation and bliss in thy eternal and everlasting glory, and, with [the blessed Virgin Mary, blessed N. and] all thy saints, to receive the crown of life which thou dost promise to all who share in the victory of thy Son Jesus Christ; who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Confession and Absolution and the Peace are omitted. The service continues with the Offertory.
Offertory | Domine Jesu Christe | Anonymous
O Lord, Jesus Christ, King of glory, deliver the souls of all the faithful departed from the pains of hell, and from the bottomless pit; deliver them from the lion’s mouth, that hell swallow them not up, that they fall not into darkness; but let Michael the standard-bearer bring them into the holy light. | |
Which thou didst promise of old unto Abraham and his seed. | |
We offer thee, O Lord, this sacrifice of prayer and praise: do thou receive it for the souls whose memory we this day recall; make them, O Lord, to pass from death unto life. | |
Which thou didst promise of old unto Abraham and his seed. | |
Graduale romanum (1961), Missa pro Defunctis | |
Secret | |
Mercifully look down, we pray, O Lord, upon this sacrifice which we offer thee for the souls of thy servants; that as thou hast granted them to believe the true faith of thy holy Name, so they may obtain the reward of everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. | |
The Catholic missal (1935), First Mass of All Souls’ Day | |
Preface of the Commemoration of the Dead | |
Agnus Dei

O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, grant them rest.
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, grant them rest.
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world, grant them rest everlasting.

Communion | Lux æterna | Cf. 2 Esdras 2:35

May everlasting light shine upon them, O Lord.
With thy saints for evermore, for thou art gracious.
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them.
With thy saints for evermore, for thou art gracious.

Graduale romanum (1961), Missa pro Defunctis | |
Postcommunion Collect | |
Almighty God, we thank thee that in thy great love thou hast fed us with the spiritual food and drink of the Body and Blood of thy Son Jesus Christ, and hast given unto us a foretaste of thy heavenly banquet. Grant that this Sacrament may be unto us a comfort in affliction, and a pledge of our inheritance in that kingdom where there is no death, neither sorrow nor crying, but the fullness of joy with all thy saints; through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen. | |

After the Postcommunion Collect, the Celebrant removes the chasuble and puts on the cope. A procession is formed and the Ministers go to the catafalque. The Crucifer and Acolytes stand at the head of the nave facing the altar, while the Sacred Ministers stand at the top of the chancel steps facing the people. During the procession, the following may be sung | |
Kontakion and Oikos | Μετὰ τν Άγίων | Theophanes the Hymnographer, d. 842

Give rest, O Christ, to thy servants with thy saints:
Where sorrow and pain are no more, neither sighing, but life everlasting.

Thou only art immortal, the creator and maker of mankind; and we are mortal, formed of the earth, and unto earth shall we return. For so thou didst ordain when thou createdst me, saying, “Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.” All we go down to the dust; yet even at the grave we make our song: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. | |
Give rest, O Christ, to thy servants with thy saints, where sorrow and pain are no more, neither sighing, but life everlasting. | |
Τριῴδιον (1879), Τ Σαββάτῳ τἡς Άποκρεω | |
Litany for the Departed | |

God the Father,
Have mercy on thy servants.

God the Son,
Have mercy on thy servants.

God the Holy Spirit,
Have mercy on thy servants.

Holy Trinity, one God,
Have mercy on thy servants.

From all evil, from all sin, from all tribulation,
Good Lord, deliver them.

By thy holy Incarnation, by thy Cross and Passion, by thy precious Death and Burial,
Good Lord, deliver them.

By thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension, and by the Coming of the Holy Spirit,
Good Lord, deliver them.

We sinners beseech thee to hear us, Lord Christ: That it may please thee to deliver the soul of thy servants from the power of evil, and from eternal death,
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee mercifully to pardon all their sins.
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to grant them a place of refreshment and everlasting blessedness,
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please thee to give them joy and gladness in thy kingdom, with thy saints in light,
We beseech thee to hear us, good Lord.

Jesus, Lamb of God:
Have mercy upon them.

Jesus, bearer of our sins:
Have mercy upon them.

Jesus, redeemer of the world:
Grant them thy peace.

Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

During the singing of the Lord’s Prayer, the Celebrant blessed the catafalque with holy water and censes it. | |
Our Father ... but deliver us from evil. Amen. | |
Let us pray. | |
Deliver thy servants, O Sovereign Lord Christ, from all evil, and set them free from every bond; that they may rest with all thy saints in the eternal habitations; where with the Father and the Holy Spirit thou livest and reignest, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. | |
Dismissal | |
The God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, the great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant: Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight; through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. | |

Part 2. English Rite II
Introit | Requiem æternam | Cf. 2 Esdras 2:34,35/Psalm 65:1,2

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ive them everlasting rest, O Lord; may eternal light shine upon them. Psalm. You are to be praised, O God, in Zion; to you shall vows be performed in Jerusalem; to you that hear prayer shall all flesh come. Gloria Patri is omitted. Give them everlasting rest, O Lord; may eternal light shine upon them.

Graduale romanum (1961), Missa pro Defunctis | |
Gloria in excelsis is omitted. | |
Collect | |

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 God, the Maker and Redeemer of all believers: Grant to the faithful departed the unsearchable benefits of the passion of your Son; that on the day of his appearing they may be manifested as your children; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Lesson	Odd years Wisdom 3:1-9
Even years Isaiah 25:6-9

Odd years | | | Even years | |
Gradual | Apud Dominum | Psalm 130:6, with verses 1/2,3/4,5/6,7 | Gradual | Pretiosa in conspectu | Psalm 116:13, with verses 4,8/10,11/14,15/16,17
The refrain is recited first by a leader or cantor and then repeated by the congregation. It is repeated again by all where indicated in the text. | | | The refrain is recited first by a leader or cantor and then repeated by the congregation. It is repeated again by all where indicated in the text. | |
Refrain. With the Lord there is mercy; with God there is plenteous redemption. | | | Refrain. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of God’s servants. | |
V. Out of the depths have I called to you, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice; * let your ears consider well the voice of my supplication. | | | V. Gracious is the Lord and righteous; * our God is full of compassion. | |
| | | V. I will walk in the presence of the Lord * in the land of the living. | |
Refrain. | | | Refrain. | |
V. If you, Lord, were to note what is done amiss, * O Lord, who could stand? | | | V. How shall I repay the Lord * for all the good things he has done for me? | |
V. For there is forgiveness with you; * therefore you shall be feared. | | | V. I will lift up the cup of salvation * and call upon the Name of the Lord. | |
Refrain. | | | Refrain. | |
V. I wait for the Lord; my soul waits for him; * in his word is my hope. | | | V. O Lord, I am your servant; * I am your servant and the child of your handmaid; you have freed me from my bonds. | |
V. My soul waits for the Lord, more than watchmen for the morning, * more than watchmen for the morning. | | | V. I will offer you the sacrifice of thanksgiving * and call upon the Name of the Lord. | |
Refrain. | | | Refrain. | |
V. O Israel, wait for the Lord, * for with the Lord there is mercy; | | | V. I will fulfill my vows to the Lord * in the presence of all his people, | |
V. With him there is plenteous redemption, * and he shall redeem Israel from all their sins. | | | V. In the courts of the Lord’s house, * in the midst of you, O Jerusalem. | |
Refrain. | | | Refrain. | |
Missale romanum cum lectionibus (1977), Dominica Quinta in Quadragesima | | | Gradual psalms, alleluia verses, and tracts for ... (1980-1990), Vincent | |

Epistle	Odd years 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Even years 1 Corinthians 15:50-58

Tract | Confitemini ... hæreditate tua | Psalm 106:1-5
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, * for his mercy endures for ever. | |
Who can declare the mighty acts of the Lord * or show forth all his praise? | |
Happy are those who act with justice * and always do what is right! | |
Remember me, O Lord, with the favor you have for your people, * and visit me with your saving help; | |
That I may see the prosperity of your elect and be glad with the gladness of your people, * that I may glory with your inheritance. | |
Gradual psalms, alleluia verses, and tracts for ... (1980-1990), Second Sunday in Lent | |
Sequence | Dies iræ | Thomas of Celano, 3rd cent.; English text: The hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, 1940 (1961)
Day of wrath! O day of mourning! See fulfilled the prophets’ warning, heav’n and earth in ashes burning! | |
O what fear man’s bosom rendeth when from heav’n the Judge descendeth, on whose sentence all dependeth! | |
Wondrous sound the trumpet flingeth; through earth’s sepulchers it ringeth; all before the throne it bringeth. | |
Death is struck, and nature quaking, all creation is awaking, to its Judge an answer making. | |
Lo! the book, exactly worded, wherein all hath been recorded: thence shall judgement be awarded. | |
When the Judge his seat attaineth and each hidden deed arraigneth, nothing unavenged remaineth. | |
What shall I, frail man, be pleading? Who for me be interceding, when the just are mercy needing? | |
King of majesty tremendous, who dost free salvation send us, Fount of pity, then befriend us. | |
Think, good Jesus, my salvation cost thy wondrous incarnation; leave me not to reprobation! | |
Faint and weary, thou hast sought me, on the cross of suffering bought me. Shall such grace be vainly brought me? | |
Righteous Judge! for sin’s pollution grant thy gift of absolution, ere the day of retribution. | |
Guilty, now I pour my moaning, all my shame with anguish owning; spare, O God, thy suppliant groaning! | |
Thou the sinful woman savedst; thou the dying thief forgavest; and to me a hope vouchsafest. | |
Worthless are my prayers and sighing, yet, good Lord, in grace complying, rescue me from fires undying! | |
With thy favored sheep O place me, nor among the goats abase me, but to thy right hand upraise me. | |
While the wicked are confounded, doomed to flames of woe unbounded, call me with thy saints surrounded. | |
Low I kneel, with heart-submission: see, like ashes, my contrition; help me in my last condition. | |
Ah! that day of tears and mourning! From the dust of earth returning, man for judgement must prepare him; spare, O God, in mercy spare him! | |
Lord, all-pitying, Jesus blest, grant them thine eternal rest. Amen. | |
Graduale romanum (1961), Missa pro Defunctis | |
The Holy Gospel	John 5:24-27 | |
The Nicene Creed is omitted | |
Prayers of the People | |
For all the faithful departed let us pray to our Lord Jesus Christ who said, “I am Resurrection and I am Life.” | |

Lord, you consoled Martha and Mary in their distress; draw near to us who mourn, and dry the tears of those who weep.
Hear us, Lord.

You wept at the grave of Lazarus, your friend; comfort all those in sorrow.
Hear us, Lord.

You raised the dead to life; give to the departed eternal life.
Hear us, Lord.

You promised paradise to the thief who repented; bring the departed to the joys of heaven.
Hear us, Lord.

They were washed in Baptism and anointed with the Holy Spirit; give them fellowship with all your saints.
Hear us, Lord.

They were nourished with your Body and Blood; grant them a place at the table in your heavenly kingdom.
Hear us, Lord.

Comfort us in our sorrow; let our faith be our consolation, and eternal life our hope. | |
Silence may be kept. The Celebrant concludes with the following | |
Father of all, we pray to you for all those whom we love but see no longer. Grant to them and to all the faithful departed them eternal rest. Let light perpetual shine upon them. May his soul and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. | |
The Confession and Absolution and the Peace are omitted. The service continues with the Offertory. | |
Offertory | Domine Jesu Christe | Anonymous
Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory, deliver the souls of all the faithful departed from the pains of hell, and from the bottomless pit; rescue them from the lion’s mouth, let the grave not swallow them up, nor let them fall into darkness; but let Michael the standard-bearer lead them into the heavenly light. | |
Which you promised of old to Abraham, and his descendants. | |
Offerings and prayers, O Lord, we present to you with praise: receive them on behalf of the souls we remember today; make them, O Lord, to pass from death. | |
Which you promised of old to Abraham, and his descendants. | |
Graduale romanum (1961), Missa pro Defunctis | |
Secret | |
God of mercy, accept the worship we offer you this day. Increase, we pray, our faith, deepen our hope, and confirm us in your eternal love. We ask this in the Name of Jesus Christ the Lord. Amen. | |
The book of alternative services of the Anglican Church of Canada (1985), Burial of the Dead | |
Preface of the Commemoration of the Dead | |
Agnus Dei

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: give them rest.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: give them rest.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, give them eternal rest.

Communion | Lux æterna | Cf. 2 Esdras 2:35

Let everlasting light shine upon them, O Lord.
With your saints for evermore, for you are merciful.
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon them.
With your saints for evermore, for you are merciful.

Graduale romanum (1961), Missa pro Defunctis | |
Postcommunion Collect | |
Almighty God, we thank you that in your great love you have fed us with the spiritual food and drink of the Body and Blood of your Son Jesus Christ, and have given us a foretaste of your heavenly banquet. Grant that this Sacrament may be to us a comfort in affliction, and a pledge of our inheritance in that kingdom where there is no death, neither sorrow nor crying, but the fullness of joy with all your saints; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen. | |
After the Postcommunion Collect, the Celebrant removes the chasuble and puts on the cope. A procession is formed and the Ministers go to the catafalque. The Crucifer and Acolytes stand at the head of the nave facing the altar, while the Sacred Ministers stand at the top of the chancel steps facing the people. During the procession, the following may be sung | |
Kontakion and Oikos | Μετὰ τν Άγίων | Theophanes the Hymnographer, d. 842

Give rest, O Christ, to your servants with your saints:
Where sorrow and pain are no more, neither sighing, but life everlasting.

You only are immortal, the creator and maker of humankind; and we are mortal, formed of the earth, and to earth shall we return. For so did you ordain when you created me, saying, “You are dust, and to dust you shall return.” All of us go down to the dust; yet even at the grave we make our song: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia. | |
Give rest, O Christ, to your servants with your saints, where sorrow and pain are no more, neither sighing, but life everlasting. | |
Τριῴδιον (1879), Τ Σαββάτῳ τἡς Άποκρεω | |
Litany for the Departed | |

God the Father,
Have mercy on your servants.

God the Son,
Have mercy on your servants.

God the Holy Spirit,
Have mercy on your servants.

Holy Trinity, one God,
Have mercy on your servants.

From all evil, from all sin, from all tribulation,
Good Lord, deliver them.

By your holy Incarnation, by your Cross and Passion, by your precious Death and Burial,
Good Lord, deliver them.

By your glorious Resurrection and Ascension, and by the Coming of the Holy Spirit,
Good Lord, deliver them.

We sinners beseech you to hear us, Lord Christ: That it may please you to deliver the soul of your servants from the power of evil, and from eternal death,
We beseech you to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please you mercifully to pardon all their sins.
We beseech you to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please you to grant them a place of refreshment and everlasting blessedness,
We beseech you to hear us, good Lord.

That it may please you to give them joy and gladness in your kingdom, with your saints in light,
We beseech you to hear us, good Lord.

Jesus, Lamb of God:
Have mercy on them.

Jesus, bearer of our sins:
Have mercy on them.

Jesus, redeemer of the world:
Give them your peace.

Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

During the singing of the Lord’s Prayer, the Celebrant blessed the catafalque with holy water and censes it. | |
Our Father ... but deliver us from evil. Amen. | |
Let us pray. | |
Deliver your servants, O Sovereign Lord Christ, from all evil, and set them free from every bond; that they may rest with all your saints in the eternal habitations; where with the Father and the Holy Spirit you live and reign, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. | |
Dismissal | |
The God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, the great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant: Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight; through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. | |

Parte 3. Español
Introito | Requiem æternam | Cf. 2 Esdras 2:34,35/Salmo 65:1,2

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escanso eterno concédeles, oh Señor, y que la luz eterna resplandezca sobre ellos. Salmo. Tú eres digno de alabanza en Sión, oh Dios; a ti se pagarán los votos en Jerusalén; a ti, que escuchas la oración, vendrá toda carne. Gloria Patri se omite. Descanso eterno concédeles, oh Señor, y que la luz eterna resplandezca sobre ellos.

Graduale romanum (1961), Missa pro Defunctis | |
Gloria in excelsis se omite. | |
Colecta | |

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h Dios, creador y redentor de todos los creyentes, concede a los fieles difuntos los inescrutables beneficios de la pasión de tu Hijo, para que en el día de su aparición puedan manifestarse como hijos tuyos. Por Jesucristo nuestro Señor, que vive y reina contigo y el Espíritu Santo, un solo Dios, por los siglos de los siglos. Amén.

Lección	Años impares Sabiduría 3:1-9
Años pares Isaías 25:6-9

Años impares | | | Años pares | |
Gradual | Apud Dominum | Salmo 130:6, con versículos 1/2,3/4,5/6,7 | Gradual | Pretiosa in conspectu | Salmo 116:13, con versículos 4,8/10,11/14,15/16,17
Un cantor o lector recita primero la antífona y el pueblo la repite. Todos la repiten otra vez cuando se indica en el texto. | | | Un cantor o lector recita primero la antífona y el pueblo la repite. Todos la repiten otra vez cuando se indica en el texto. | |
Antífona. En el Señor hay misericordia; con él hay abundante redención. | | | Antífona. Preciosa a los ojos del Señor, es la muerte de sus siervos. | |
V. De lo profundo, oh Señor, a ti clamo; Señor, escucha mi voz; * estén atentos tus oídos a la voz de mi súplica. | | | V. Clemente es el Señor y justo; * sí, misericordioso es nuestro Dios. | |
| | | V. Caminaré en la presencia del Señor, * en el país de los vivientes. | |
Antífona. | | | Antífona. | |
V. Si tú, oh Señor, notares los delitos, * ¿quién, oh Señor, podrá mantenerse? | | | V. ¿Cómo pagaré al Señor * por todos sus beneficios para conmigo? | |
V. Mas en ti hay perdón, * por tanto serás venerado. | | | V. Alzaré la copa de la salvación, * e invocaré el Nombre del Señor. | |
Antífona. | | | Antífona. | |
V. Aguardo al Señor; le aguarda mi alma; * en su palabra está mi esperanza. | | | V. Oh Señor, yo soy tu siervo; siervo tuyo soy, hijo de tu sierva; * me has librado de mis prisiones. | |
V. Mi alma aguarda al Señor, más que los centinelas a la aurora, * más que los centinelas a la aurora. | | | V. Te ofreceré el sacrificio de alabanza, * e invocaré el Nombre del Señor. | |
Antífona. | | | Antífona. | |
V. Oh Israel, aguarda al Señor, * porque en el Señor hay misericordia; | | | V. Pagaré mis votos al Señor * delante de todo su pueblo, | |
V. Con él hay abundante redención, * y él redimirá a Israel de todos sus pecados. | | | V. En los atrios de la casa del Señor, * en medio de ti, oh Jerusalén. | |
Antífona. | | | Antífona. | |
Missale romanum cum lectionibus (1977), Dominica Quinta in Quadragesima | | | Gradual psalms, alleluia verses, and tracts for ... (1980-1990), Vincent | |

Epístola	Años impares 1 Tesalonicenses 4:13-18
Años pares 1 Corintios 15:50-58

Tracto | Confitemini ... hæreditate tua | Salmo 106:1-5
Den gracias al Señor, porque es bueno, * porque para siempre es su misericordia. | |
¿Quién puede declarar las poderosas obras del Señor? * ¿Quién puede contar sus alabanzas? | |
Dichosos los que respetan el derecho, * y actúan siempre con justicia. | |
Acuérdate de mí, oh Señor, con el favor que muestras para tu pueblo; * visítame con tu salvación; | |
Para que yo vea la prosperidad de tus escogidos, y me alegre con la alegría de tu pueblo, * y me gloríe con tu heredad. | |
Gradual psalms, alleluia verses, and tracts for ... (1980-1990), Second Sunday in Lent | |
Secuencia | Dies iræ | Tomás de Celano, Siglo III; tr. ed.
¡Día último de ira, como predijo el profeta, de destrucción de la tierra! | |
¡Qué temblor el seno rasga, cuando el juez del cielo llega, y por crímenes nos juzga! | |
Oíd que el son de la trompeta por sepulcros de la tierra ante el trono todos lleva. | |
Calla la muerte a la vista, la creación se despierta, y por todo al Juez contesta. | |
¡He aquí el libro escrito do por todo manifiesto todo el mundo está juzgado! | |
Luego, pues, que el Juez se siente, todo oculto se contiene, todo visto es entonces. | |
Este pobre, ¿qué contesto? ¿Quién por mí es abogado cuando el justo es acusado? | |
Rey de majestad tremenda, que salvación gratis manda, en piedad, Dios, nos ayuda. | |
Oh, Jesús, por mi salvación, vida diste en oblación; no me dejes en perdición. | |
Fatigado te sentaste, en la Cruz me redimiste; que tal gracia no desgaste. | |
Justo Juez, por los pecados, tu perdón favor de darnos, cuandos vienes a juzgarnos. | |
Yo mi culpa ya no niego, mi vergüenza ya confieso; ¡oh Dios, perdón suplico! | |
A María absolviste, al ladrón tú atendiste, y esperanza me infundiste. | |
Mi rezar ya no es digno, mas tú, bueno, haz benigno, no me abrase el fuego eterno. | |
Ponme como tu oveja, ni me eches como cabra; me eleva a tu diestra. | |
Rechazados los malditos, a las llamas condenados; llámame con los benditos. | |
De rodillas, Dios, me postro; en cenizas me arrepiento; dame finalmente auxilio. | |
Lacrimoso día ese, cuando el hombre entonces vuelve; para ser juzgado espera; en piedad, oh Dios, perdona. | |
¡Buen Jesús, en piedad, el descanso eterno da! Amén. | |
Graduale romanum (1961), Missa pro Defunctis | |
El Santo Evangelio	Juan 5:24-27
El Credo Niceno se omite
Se usa cualquier de la siguientes fórmulas de la Oración de los Fieles. |
Fórmula A | Fórmula B
Oración de los Fieles | Oración de los Fieles
Por todos los fieles difuntos oremos a nuestro Señor Jesucristo que dijo: “Yo soy Resurrección y yo soy Vida”. | En paz oremos al Señor.
| Dios omnipotente, que has entrelazado a tus elegidos en una sola comunión y hermandad en el cuerpo místico de tu Hijo Cristo nuestro Señor: Concede, te suplicamos, a toda tu Iglesia en el paraíso y en la tierra, tu luz y tu paz. Amén.

Señor, tú consolaste a Marta y a María en su aflicción; acércate a nosotros que lamentamos y enjuga las lágrimas de los que lloran.
Escúchanos, Señor.

Concede que todos los que han sido bautizados en la muerte y resurrección de Cristo, mueran al pecado y se levanten a novedad de vida, y que, a través del sepulcro y las puertas de la muerte, pasemos con él a nuestra jubilosa resurrección. Amén.

Tú lloraste ante la tumba de Lázaro, tu amigo; consuela a todos en pesar.
Escúchanos, Señor.

Concede a los que todavía estamos en nuestra peregrinación y aún caminamos por fe, que seamos guiados por tu Espíritu Santo en santidad y justicia todos los días de nuestra vida. Amén.

Tú levantaste los muertos a la vida; concede a los difuntos la vida eterna.
Escúchanos, Señor.

Concede a tu pueblo fiel perdón y paz, para que seamos limpios de todos nuestros pecados, y te sirvamos con ánimo tranquilo. Amén.

Tú prometiste el paraíso al ladrón penitente; lleva a los difuntos al gozo del cielo.
Escúchanos, Señor.

Concede a todos los dolientes una confianza segura en tu cuidado paternal, para que, confiando todos sus pesares a ti, comprendan la consolación de tu amor. Amén.

Fueron lavados en el Bautismo y ungidos con el Espíritu Santo; concédeles comunión con todos tus santos.
Escúchanos, Señor.

Concédenos gracia para confiar a todos que amamos a tu amor inagotable; recíbelos en los brazos de tu misericordia, y recuérdalos según el favor que muestras hacia tu pueblo. Amén.

Se nutrieron con tu Cuerpo y Sangre; concédeles un lugar en la mesa de tu reino celestial.
Escúchanos, Señor.

Concede que, creciendo en conocimiento y amor a ti, vayan ascendiendo de fortaleza en fortaleza, en la vida de perfecto servicio en tu reino celestial. Amén.

Confórtanos en nuestra tristeza; que la fe sea nuestro consuelo y la vida eterna nuestra esperanza. | Concede que nosotros, junto con todos los que han partido en la esperanza de la resurrección, obtengamos nuestra perfecta consumación y felicidad en tu eterna y sempiterna gloria; y, con [la bienaventurada Virgen María, el bienaventurado N. y] todos tus santos, recibamos la corona de vida que tú has prometido a todos los que comparten la victoria de tu Hijo Jesucristo; que vive y reina contigo y el Espíritu Santo, un solo Dios, por los siglos de los siglos. Amén.
Puede guardarse un período de silencio. |
Padre de todos, te pedimos por todos aquéllos que amamos pero ya no vemos. Concédeles descanso eterno. Que la luz perpetua brille sobre ellos. Que su alma, y las almas de todos los difuntos, por la misericordia de Dios, descansen en paz. Amén. |
Se omiten la Confesión y Absolución y la Paz. El rito continúa con el Ofertorio. | |
Ofertorio | Domine Jesu Christe | Anónimo
Señor Jesucristo, Rey de gloria, libra a las almas de todos los fieles difuntos de las penas del infierno y del lago profundo; líbralos de la boca del león; no las trague el abismo ni caigan en las tinieblas; mas el príncipe San Miguel las lleve a la luz santa. | |
Que en otro tiempo prometiste a Abrahán y a sus descendientes. | |
Te ofrecemos, Señor, hostias y súplicas de alabanza; recíbelas tú por las almas de quien hoy hacemos memoria. Haz, Señor, que pasen de la muerte a la vida. | |
Que en otro tiempo prometiste a Abrahán y a sus descendientes. | |
Graduale romanum (1961), Missa pro Defunctis | |
Secreta | |
Dios de justicia y misericordia, limpia en la Sangre de Cristo, por medio de este sacrificio, los pecados de tus siervos difuntos, y a los que ya habías lavado con el agua del bautismo, purifícalos ahora con el mismo amor indulgente; por Jesucristo nuestro Señor. Amén. | |
Misal de la comunidad (1976), Conmemoración de Todos los Fieles Difuntos II | |
Prefacio de la Conmemoración de los Fieles Difuntos | |
Cualquier de estas dos fórmulas del Agnus Dei se puede usar: |
Fórmula A | Fórmula B
Agnus Dei | Agnus Dei

Oh Cordero de Dios, que quitas los pecados del mundo, dales paz.
Oh Cordero de Dios, que quitas los pecados del mundo, dales paz.
Oh Cordero de Dios, que quitas los pecados del mundo, dales paz sempiterna.

Cordero de Dios, tú que quitas los pecados del mundo, dales paz.
Cordero de Dios, tú que quitas los pecados del mundo, dales paz.
Cordero de Dios, tú que quitas los pecados del mundo, dales eterna paz.

Comunión | Lux æterna | Cf. 2 Esdras 2:35

Alúmbreles, Señor, la claridad eterna.
Con tus santos para siempre, pues eres piadoso.
Dales, Señor, eterno descanso, y resplandezca sobre ellos la luz indeficiente.
Con tus santos para siempre, pues eres piadoso.

Graduale romanum (1961), Missa pro Defunctis | |
Poscomunión | |
Dios todopoderoso, te damos gracias porque en tu gran amor nos has nutrido con el alimento espiritual del Cuerpo y Sangre de tu Hijo Jesucristo, y nos diste las primicias de tu banquete celestial. Concede que este Sacramento sea para nosotros consuelo en la aflicción, y prenda de nuestra herencia en el reino donde no hay muerte ni llanto ni clamor, sino plenitud de gozo con todos tus santos; por Jesucristo nuestro Salvador. Amén. | |
Después de la Postcomunión, el Celebrante se quita la casulla y se pone la capa. Se forma una procesión y los Ministros van al catafalco. El Crucero y los Acólitos se ponen de pie a la cabecera de la nave frente al altar, y los Sagrados Ministros se ponen en el presbiterio encima del escalón frente al pueblo. Durante la procesión se puede cantar la siguiente: | |
Canción | Μετὰ τν Άγίων | Teófano el Himnógrafo, d. 842

Concede descanso, oh Cristo, a tus siervos con tus santos,
Donde ya no hay llanto ni dolor ni suspiro, sino vida eterna.

Sólo tú eres inmortal, creador y hacedor de la humanidad; y nosotros somos mortales, formados de tierra, y a la tierra hemos de volver. Por eso, cuando me creaste, tú dijiste: “Polvo eres y al polvo volverás.” Todos nosotros descendemos al polvo; sin embargo, aun en la tumba elevamos nuestro canto: Aleluya, aleluya, aleluya. | |
Concede descanso, oh Cristo, a tus siervos con tus santos, donde ya no hay llanto ni dolor ni suspiro, sino vida eterna. | |
Τριῴδιον (1879), Τ Σαββάτῳ τἡς Άποκρεω | |
Letanía por los Difuntos | |

Dios Padre,
Ten piedad de tus siervos.

Dios Hijo,
Ten piedad de tus siervos.

Dios Espíritu Santo,
Ten piedad de tus siervos.

Santa Trinidad, un solo Dios,
Ten piedad de tus siervos.

De todo mal, de todo pecado, de toda tribulación,
Líbralos, buen Señor.

Por tu santa Encarnación, por tu Cruz y Pasión, por tu preciosa Muerte y Sepultura,
Líbralos, buen Señor.

Por tu gloriosa Resurrección y Ascensión, y por la Venida del Espíritu Santo,
Líbralos, buen Señor.

Nosotros, pecadores, te suplicamos nos oigas, Cristo Señor: Que te dignes librar los almas de tus siervos del poder del mal y de la muerte eterna,
Suplicámoste nos oigas, buen Señor.

Que te dignes en tu misericordia perdonar todos sus pecados,
Suplicámoste nos oigas, buen Señor.

Que te dignes concederles un lugar de alivio y beatitud eterna,
Suplicámoste nos oigas, buen Señor.

Que te dignes concederles gozo y alegría en tu reino con tus santos en luz,
Suplicámoste nos oigas, buen Señor.

Oh Jesús, Cordero de Dios:
Ten piedad de ellos.
Oh Jesús, que cargas nuestros pecados:
Ten piedad de ellos.

Oh Jesús, redentor del mundo:
Concédeles tu paz.

Señor, ten piedad.
Cristo, ten piedad.
Señor, ten piedad.

Mientras se canta el Padre Nuestro, el Celebrante rocía el catafalco y lo inciensa. | |
Padre Nuestro ... y líbranos del mal. Amén. | |
Oremos. | |
Libra a tus siervos de todo mal, oh Soberano Cristo Señor, y desátalos de toda ligadura, para que descansen con todos tus santos en las moradas eternas; donde con el Padre y el Espíritu Santo vives y reinas, un solo Dios, por los siglos de los siglos. Amén. | |
Despedida | |
El Dios de paz, que resucitó de entre los muertos a nuestro Señor Jesucristo, el gran Pastor de las ovejas, por la sangre del eterno pacto: Les haga perfectos en toda buena obra para hacer su voluntad, efectuando en ustedes lo que es agradable en su presencia; por Jesucristo, a quien sea dada gloria, por los siglos de los siglos. Amén. | |

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