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 '''8. For the Departed'''

O eternal Lord God, who holdest all souls in life: Give, we beseech thee, to thy whole Church in paradise and on earth  thy light and thy peace; and grant that we, following the  good examples of those who have served thee here and are  now at rest, may at the last enter with them into thine  unending joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and  reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God,  now and for ever. Amen.

Almighty God, we remember this day before thee thy faithful servant N.; and we pray that, having opened to him the gates  of larger life, thou wilt receive him more and more into thy  joyful service, that, with all who have faithfully served thee in  the past, he may share in the eternal victory of Jesus Christ  our Lord; who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of  the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Preface of the Commemoration of the Dead

9. Of the Reign of Christ

Almighty and everlasting God, whose will it is to restore all things in thy well&#8209;beloved Son, the King of kings and Lord of