THE ORDER FOR

THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD.

HERE is to be noted, that the Office ensuing is not to be used for any that die unbaptized, or excommunicate, or in the act of committing any grievous crime, or have laid violent hands upon themselves. If question arise as to whether this Office should be used for the burial of any person, reference shall (if time and opportunity permit) be made to the Bishop, who shall decide the question.

¶ The Priest and Clerks meeting the corpse at the entrance of the Church-yard, and going before it, either into the Church, or towards the grave, shall say, or sing:

I AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.   St. John 11. 25, 26.

I KNOW that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at thee latter day upon the earth. And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another.   Job 19. 25, 26, 27.

WE brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.   1 Timothy 6. 7. Job 1. 21.

¶ Then shall be said or sung:

O SAVIOUR of the world, who by thy Cross and precious Blood hast redeemed us : Save us and help us, we humbly beseech thee, O Lord.

¶ After they are come into the Church, shall be read one or both of these Psalms following.

Dixi, Custodiam. Psalm 39

(as in 1662)

Domine, refigium. Psalm 90

(as in 1662)

Dominus regit me. Psalm 23.

THE Lord is my shepherd : therefore can I lack nothing.
    He shall feed me in a green pasture : and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort.
    He shall convert my soul : and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness, for his Name's sake.
    Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me.
    Thou shalt prepare a table .before me against them that trouble me : thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full.
    But thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
    Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost;
    As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen.

De profundis. Psalm 130.

OUT of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord: Lord, hear my voice.
    O let thine ears consider well : the voice of my complaint.
    If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss : O Lord, who may abide it?
    For there is mercy with thee : therefore shalt thou be feared.
    I look for the Lord; my soul doth wait for him : in his word is my trust.
    My soul fleeth unto the Lord : before the morning watch, I say, before the morning watch.
    O Israel, trust in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy: and with him is plenteous redemption.
    And he shall redeem Israel : from all his sins.
    Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost;
    As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen.

¶ Then shall be said or sung:

O SAVIOUR of the world, who by thy Cross and precious Blood hast redeemed us : Save us and help us, we humbly beseech thee, O Lord.

¶ Then shall follow the Lesson taken out of the fifteenth Chapter of the former Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians.

1 Corinthians 15. 20.

(as in 1662)
 

Or 2 Corinthians 4. 16, and part of 5.

THOUGH our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (for we walk by faith, not by sight:) we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ; that everyone may receive the thin"s done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

Or 1 Thessalonians 4. 13.

BUT I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

¶ When they come to the Grave, while the Corpse is made ready to be laid into the earth, the Priest shall say, or the Priest and Clerks shall sing:

MAN that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
    In the midst of life we are in death : of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased?
    Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death.
    Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; shut not thy merciful ears to our prayer; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains of death, to fall from thee.

¶ Then, while the earth shall be cast upon the Body by some standing by, the Priest shall say,

FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ; who shall change the body of our low estate, that it may be like unto his glorious body, according to the mighty working, whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself.

Or

WE commend into thy hands of mercy, most merciful Father, the soul of this our brother departed, and his body we commit to the ground, earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; and we beseech thine infinite goodness to give us grace to live in thy fear and love and to die in thy favour, that when the judgement shall come which thou hast committed to thy well-beloved Son, both this our brother and we may be found acceptable in thy sight. Grant this, O merciful Father, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our only Saviour, Mediator, and Advocate.

¶ Then shall be said or sung,

I HEARD a voice from heaven, saying unto me, Write, From henceforth blessed are the dead which die in the Lord: even so saith the Spirit; for they rest from their labours.

    Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

¶ Then the Priest shall say,

Lord, have mercy upon us.
    Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us om trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen.

¶ The following Versicles and Responses may then be said:

Priest. Enter not into judgement with thy servant, O Lord: Answer. For in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Priest. Grant unto him eternal rest:
Answer. And let perpetual light shine upon him.
Priest. We believe verily to see the goodness of the Lord: Answer. In the land of the living.
Priest. O Lord, hear our prayer:
Answer. And let our cry come unto thee.
 

¶ Then shall be said one or more of the following Prayers, the Priest first saying,

Let us pray.

ALMIGHTY God, with whom do live the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lord, and with whom the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity: We give thee hearty thanks, for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother out of the miseries of this sinful world; beseeching thee, that it may please thee, of thy gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom; that we, with all those that are departed in the true faith of thy holy Name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Collect.

O MERCIFUL God,. the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the resurrection and the life; in whom whosoever believeth shall live,. though he die; and whosoever liveth, and believeth in him, shall not die eternally; who also hath taught us, by his holy Apostle Saint Paul, not to be sorry, as men without hope for them that sleep in him: We meekly beseech thee, O Father, to raise us from the death of sin unto the life of righteousness; that, when we shall depart this life,. we may rest in him, as our hope is this our brother doth; and that, at the general Resurrection in the last day, we may be found acceptable in thy sight; and receive that blessing, which thy well­beloved Son shall then pronounce to all that love and fear thee, saying, Come, ye blessed children of my Father, receive the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the world: Grant this, we beseech thee, O merciful Father, through Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Redeemer. Amen.

BLESSED Lord, who art the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation: We beseech thee of thy great goodness, to comfort those who by the death of this our brother are sorely bereaved; and teach us so to number our days that, while we live here, we may seriously apply our hearts to that holy and heavenly wisdom, which may in the end bring us to life everlasting, through the merits of Jesus Christ, thine only Son our Lord. Amen.

O ALMIGHTY God, who hast ·knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord: Grant us grace so to follow thy blessed Saints m all virtuous and godly living that we may come to those unspeakable joys, which thou hast prepared for them that unfeignedly love thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who art always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire, or deserve: Pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy: forgiving us those things whereof our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things which we are not worthy to ask, but through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord. Amen.

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.

¶ The whole of this Order, with the exception of the Anthem Man that is born, &c., the Words of Committal, and the Short Lessons, I heard a voice, &c., and Now unto the King, &c., may be said in the Church. Or, if occasion require, the whole of the Order, save the Words of Committal, may be said m the Church.

¶ The Priest. with the consent of the mourners, may after the opening sentences say first that part of this Order which is appointed to be said at the grave, and then go to the Church to read the Psalm and Lesson and the remainder of the Service.

¶ When there is a special celebration of the Holy Communion on the day of the Burial, the Priest shall use the Collect appointed in this Order, or the Collect for Easter Even, and for the Epistle 1 Thessalonians 4. 13-18 ("I would not have you .... these words"), and for' the Gospel St. John 6. 37 to 41 ("Jesus said, All that the Father .... heaven") or St. John 5. 24.-29 ("Jesus said, Verily, verily, .... the resurrection of judgement "*).
 

¶ When a child is buried at the same time with an adult person one or more of the prayers provided in The Order for the Burial of a Child may be said before The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¶ If need so require, the Priest on coming to the Grave shall say the prayer following:

O GOD, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to bless this grave in which we are about to lay the body of thy servant, through the same thy blessed Son, who is the resurrection and the life, and who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end, Amen.
 

AN ORDER WHICH MAYBE USED FOR THE BURIAL OF A BAPTIZED CHILD.

¶ The Priest and Clerks meeting the Corpse at the entrance of the Church-yard, and going before it, either into the Church, or towards the Grave, shall say, or sing,

I AM the resurrection and the life, saith the . Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.  St. John 11. 25, 26.

I KNOW that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God : whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another.   Job 19. 25, 26, 27.

WE brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the Name of the Lord.  1 Timothy 6. 7. Job 1. 2l.

HE shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom.   Isaiah 40.11.

¶ After they are come into the Church shall be read this Psalm,

Dominus regit me. Psalm 23.

THE Lord is my shepherd : therefore can I lack nothing.
    He shall feed me in a green pasture : and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort.
    He shall convert my soul : and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness, for his Name's sake.
    Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me.
    Thou shalt prepare a table .before me against them that trouble me : thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full.
    But thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
    Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost;
    As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen.

¶ Then shall follow this Lesson.

St. Mark 10. 13.

AND they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
 

¶ When they come to the Grave, while the Corpse is made ready to be laid into the earth, the Priest shall say, or the Priest and Clerks shall sing:

MAN that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is put down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
    In the midst of life we are in death: of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased?
    Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death.
    Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; shut not thy merciful ears to our prayer; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains of death, to fall from thee.

¶ Then, while the earth shall be cast upon the Body by some standing by, the Priest shall say,

FORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God of his great mercy to take unto himself the soul of this dear child here departed, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life, through our Lord Jesus Christ; who shall change the body of our low estate, that it may be like unto his glorious body, according to the mighty working, whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself.

¶ Then shall be said or sung,

THEY shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
    Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

¶ Then shall the Priest say,

Lord, have mercy upon us.
    Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen.

¶ The following Versicles and Responses may then be said .

Priest. Grant unto him eternal rest:
Answer. And let perpetual light shine upon him.
Priest. We believe verily to see the goodness of the Lord : Answer. In the land of the living.
Priest. O Lord, hear our prayer :
Answer. And let our cry come unto thee.

¶ Then shall be said one or more of the following prayers, the Priest first saying,

Let us pray.

WE commend into thy hands of mercy, most merciful Father, the soul of this thy child departed; beseeching thine infinite goodness to give us grace to live in thy fear and love, and to die in thy favour; that at the general Resurrection in the last day we. together with him, may be found acceptable in thy sight; and may hear these most sweet and comfortable words: Come to me, ye blessed of my Father, possess the kingdom which hath been prepared for you from the beginning of the world: Grant this, we beseech thee, O merciful Father, through Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Redeemer. Amen.

O LORD Jesu Christ, who didst take little children into thine arms and bless them: Open thou our eyes, we beseech thee, to perceive that it is of thy goodness that thou hast taken this thy child into the everlasting arms of thine infinite love; who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen.

O GOD, whose ways are hidden and thy works most wonderful, who makest nothing in vain and lovest all that thou hast made: Comfort thou thy servants, whose hearts are sore smitten and oppressed; and grant that they may so love and serve thee in this life, that together with this thy child, they may obtain the fulness of thy promises in the world to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.
 

AN ORDER WHICH MAY BE USED WHEN THE PRAYER BOOK SERVICE MAY NOT BE USED.

¶ The Priest, meeting the Corpse at the entrance to the Church-yard, and going before it towards the Grave, shall say,

De profundis. Psalm 130.

OUT of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord: Lord, hear my voice.
    O let thine ears consider well : the voice of my complaint.
    If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss : O Lord, who may abide it?
    For there is mercy with thee : therefore shalt thou be feared.
    I look for the Lord; my soul doth wait for him : in his word is my trust.
    My soul fleeth unto the Lord : before the morning watch, I say, before the morning watch.
    O Israel, trust in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy: and with him is plenteous redemption.
    And he shall redeem Israel : from all his sins.

¶ When they come to the Grave shall be said,

Domine, refugium. Psalm 90. 1-12.

LORD, thou hast been our refuge : from one generation to another.
    Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made : thou art God from everlasting, and world without end.
    Thou turnest man to destruction : again thou sayest, Come again, ye children of men.
    For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday: seeing that is past as a watch in the night.
    As soon as thou scatterest them, they are even as a sleep: and fade away suddenly like the grass.
    In the morning it is green, and groweth up : but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered.
    For we consume away in thy displeasure: and are afraid at thy wrathful indignation.
    Thou hast set our misdeeds before thee : and our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
    For when thou art angry all our days are gone : we bring our years to an end, as it were a tale that is told.
    The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong, that they come to fourscore years : yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.
    But who regardeth the power of thy wrath : for even thereafter as a man feareth, so is thy displeasure.
    So teach us to number our days : that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

¶ Then may be read,

St. John 5. 25.

JESUS said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; and hath given him authority to execute judgement also, because he is the Son of man. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that hath done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that hath done evil, unto the resurrection of judgement.

¶ When the Corpse has been laid in the Grave the Priest shall say,

    O Lord, deal not with us after our sins.
    Answer. Neither reward us after our iniquities.

WE humbly beseech thee, O Father, mercifully to look upon our infirmities; and for the glory of thy Name turn from us all those evils that we most righteously have deserved; and grant, that in all our troubles we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy, and evermore serve thee in holiness and pureness of living, to thy honour and glory; through our only Media tor and Advocate, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

MAN that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
    In the midst of life we are in death : of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased?
    Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death.
    Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; shut not thy merciful ears to our prayer; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty, O holy and merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains of death, to fall from thee.

¶ Then the Priest shall say,

ALMIGHTY God, the fountain of all wisdom, who knowest our necessities before we ask, and our ignorance in asking: We beseech thee to have compassion upon our infirmities; and those things, which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give us, for the worthiness of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God. and the fellowship or the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.
 

AN ORDER FOR THE BURIAL OF AN UNBAPTIZED CHILD.

¶ On the way to the Grave the following sentences may be said,

GOD made not death: neither delighteth he when the living perish. He created man for incorruption: and made him an image of his own proper being.  Wisdom of Solomon 1. 13, 2. 23.

DESPAIR not then, seeing that thou art far from being able to love his creature more than he. For as his majesty is, so also is his mercy.   Ecclesiasticus 2. 18.

HE shall feed his flock like a shepherd, he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom.   Isaiah 40. 2.

THE Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.  Job 1. 21.

¶ When they come to the Grave shall be said,

Dominus regit me. Psalm 23.

THE Lord is my shepherd : therefore can I lack nothing.
    He shall feed me in a green pasture : and lead me forth beside the waters of comfort.
    He shall convert my soul : and bring me forth in the paths of righteousness, for his Name's sake.
    Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me.
    Thou shalt prepare a table .before me against them that trouble me : thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full.
    But thy loving-kindness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
    Glory be to the Father, and to the Son : and to the Holy Ghost;
    As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen.

¶ Then may be read one of the following,

St. Matthew 18. 10.

TAKE heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray? And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray. Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

Baruch 4. 19.

GO your way, my children, go your way: for I am left desolate. I have put off the clothing of peace, and put upon me the sack-cloth of my prayer: I will cry unto the Everlasting in my days. Be of good cheer, my children, cry unto the Lord, and he shall deliver you from the power and hand of the enemies. For my hope is in the Everlasting, that he will save you; and joy is come unto me from the Holy One, because of the mercy which shall soon come unto you from the Everlasting our Saviour. For I sent you out with mourning and weeping: but God will give you to me again with joy and gladness for ever.

¶ As the body is being laid in the Grave shall be said,

UNTO God's loving mercy we commit this child, that he may grant him a share in the unsearchable riches of the redemption wrought by his Son, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

¶ Then shall the Priest say,

Lord, have mercy upon us.
    Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

OUR Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen.

Let us pray.

O GOD, whose ways are hidden and thy works most wonderful, who makest nothing in vain and lovest all that thou hast made: Comfort thou thy servants, whose hearts are sore smitten and oppressed; and grant that they may so love and serve thee in. this life, that together with this thy child they may obtain the fulness of thy promises in the world to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.