Petitions OPTION 2
Priest: And now let us stand and present our petitions to the Lord.
Reader:
May the soul of your servant, _______________, be received by the hands of the Holy Angels and carried to our true home in Paradise. We pray to the Lord.
May the souls of our all our loved ones who have passed from this life; (especially, ______________, ______________, and ______________,) obtain the pardon and forgiveness for which they long and the eternal rest for which they desire. We pray to the Lord.
May the family and friends of ________________ receive comfort and consolation; may the pain of loss be dispelled and the hope of the resurrection strengthened. We pray to the Lord.
May the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God, be freed of their earthly affections and attachments to sin, and may Christ purify them so they may be judged worthy of the day of resurrection. We pray to the Lord.
Priest: Almighty and everlasting God, who is the giver of eternal life, bestow your mercy by the merits of Christ’s most sacred Passion and through the intercession of Blessed Mary and all the saints, so that we too may come to behold your Holy Face and possess happiness without end when you awaken your chosen ones to the resurrection on the Last Day. Through Christ our Lord.