Farewell Service

Hymns, readings and a printed program for a Christian funeral

A Place of Peace and Rest

Catholic · Fourth day of a novena for the dead

Reads in about 1 minuteHe and she formsSay the name at N.

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Incline Thine ear, O Lord, unto the prayers in which we suppliantly entreat Thy mercy; and do Thou establish, in a place of peace and rest, the soul of Thy servant, N., whom Thou hast bidden to pass out of this world, and unite him to the fellowship of Thy saints. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

For a woman

Incline Thine ear, O Lord, unto the prayers in which we suppliantly entreat Thy mercy; and do Thou establish, in a place of peace and rest, the soul of Thy servant, N., whom Thou hast bidden to pass out of this world, and unite her to the fellowship of Thy saints. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Source: Blessed Be God: A Complete Catholic Prayer Book, ed. Charles J. Callan and John A. McHugh (1925). Public domain. The form for a woman changes only the words that refer to the person who died.