Prayer For The Soul Of The Faithful Departed
Lord Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross for us. If it were not for your great sacrifice, we would all be lost forever. I want to thank you for the life of our departed soul, [name]. He/She loved everyone and strived to make a positive impact in the lives of those with whom he/she interacted. Lord, as we celebrate a life well-lived, we ask you to grant him/her eternal peace. May [name] find full rest in you and join the heavenly hosts in singing your glory. In Jesus' name, we believe and pray, Amen.
Most Merciful Father, grant the soul of our loved one, [name], mercy. He/She has departed from this world. Please forgive him/her of his/her trespasses and usher him/her into your presence. May your faithful servant find refreshment, peace, and joy before you, O Lord. In Jesus' name, I pray, Amen.
Gracious Father, thank you for the times and seasons you gave us with our loved one, [name]. He was a great person who devoted his/her life to you. Our beloved died knowing that he/she was coming back to you. Father, we also know and believe that to be absent from the body is to be present with you; that is why we come before you with hopeful hearts knowing that our dearly beloved will see your glory. Thank you, Father, for loving [name] and seeing it fit to take him/her home in this season. In Jesus' name, we pray, Amen.
My God, Lord over the living and the dead, I ask You to have mercy on Your servants who are yet far from shedding their sins and joining the choir of angels and saints that continuously adore You in Heaven. They too were created to love You, serve You and forever be happy with You. Therefore, I ask You to graciously hear my prayers for their benefit and the benefit of all the faithful departed. Amen.
My God, who marvelously made humankind, and more marvelously redeemed us, give pardon to those of the dead who are closest to being cleansed of their sins and attaining union with You. In baptism, they became a new creation, pleasing in Your sight and, though unworthy, were called Your children. These souls have now run the course of their earthly lives. Summon the divine power You once showed them and let them who are so near to You finally meet You in Heaven. Amen.
Lord Jesus, Word Incarnate, who shared our human nature and became like us in everything but sin, I ask You to pardon those that do not have any intercessors. You were lonely in the Garden of Gethsemane before Your death, and in another place, You told us that the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head. Because You shared our sufferings, I dare to ask You to help those most helpless and most in need of Your mercy. Amen.
O God, the Creator and Redeemer of all the faithful, grant to the souls of Thy servants departed the remission of their sins, that, through pious supplications, they may obtain the pardon which they have always desired. Who livest and reignest with God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, world without end.
Amen.
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. O Lord, your sorrowing Mother stood by your cross; help us in our sorrows to share your sufferings.