jcath
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Post by jcath on Mar 15, 2024 13:11:48 GMT
For my wife's uncle who passed away yesterday.
Eternal rest grant unto Eddie, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
Like the seed buried in the ground, you have produced the harvest of eternal life for us; make us always dead to sin and alive to God. Amen.
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Post by homeschooldad on Mar 15, 2024 14:30:47 GMT
Dona ei requiem, Domine.
We need always to be mindful that, aside from the Orthodox, perhaps a random high-church Protestant here and there, and observant Jews (the practice of yahrzeit), no one knows that prayer for the repose of the souls of the deceased are efficacious or even needful. All funerals nowadays are more or less canonization ceremonies. Read any obituary and you'll see what I mean.
I'm reminded here of how our local diocesan TLM priest came to my mother's interment and intoned the traditional prayers of the Church, in Latin as well as English. When he got to the part (in English) about "just punishments" (I really have to think that her final sufferings expiated much, if not all, of the temporal debt that any of us will incur, and she was more of a sinner out of ignorance of Catholic moral theology than anything else), I was reminded of how I had heard the same at the committal rites of the father of a TLM-adherent friend of mine, many years back. When the priest got to that part, the man's wife heaved in convulsive sobs, and you thought it would cut the gray skies in two.
Are such prayers conferred in the post-Vatican II committal rites? I honestly don't know. Anyone?
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Post by RN69 on Mar 18, 2024 5:29:30 GMT
jcath. Prayers and condolences on the death of your wife's uncle: God of faithfulness, in Your wisdom You have called Your servant, Eddie, out of this world; release him from the bonds of sin, and welcome him into Your Presence, so the he may enjoy eternal light and peace and be raised up in glory with all Your saints. Amen.
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Post by jcath on Mar 19, 2024 13:13:45 GMT
Thank you for your kind prayers!  God bless everyone! |
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Post by katy777 on Mar 19, 2024 17:17:48 GMT
Prayers for yourvwifes uncle Eddie qnd family and friends during this time🙏
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Post by katy777 on Mar 19, 2024 17:20:48 GMT
Dona ei requiem, Domine.We need always to be mindful that, aside from the Orthodox, perhaps a random high-church Protestant here and there, and observant Jews (the practice of yahrzeit), no one knows that prayer for the repose of the souls of the deceased are efficacious or even needful. All funerals nowadays are more or less canonization ceremonies. Read any obituary and you'll see what I mean. I'm reminded here of how our local diocesan TLM priest came to my mother's interment and intoned the traditional prayers of the Church, in Latin as well as English. When he got to the part (in English) about "just punishments" (I really have to think that her final sufferings expiated much, if not all, of the temporal debt that any of us will incur, and she was more of a sinner out of ignorance of Catholic moral theology than anything else), I was reminded of how I had heard the same at the committal rites of the father of a TLM-adherent friend of mine, many years back. When the priest got to that part, the man's wife heaved in convulsive sobs, and you thought it would cut the gray skies in two. Are such prayers conferred in the post-Vatican II committal rites? I honestly don't know. Anyone? |
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God bless everyone!