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 At the Eucharist

Preface of the Commemoration of the Dead

Almighty God, we thank thee that in thy great love thou hast fed us with the spiritual food and drink of the Body and  Blood of thy Son Jesus Christ, and hast given unto us a  foretaste of thy heavenly banquet. Grant that this Sacrament may be unto us a comfort in affliction, and a pledge of our  inheritance in that kingdom where there is no death, neither  sorrow nor crying, but the fullness of joy with all thy saints;  through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.

The Commendation

Give rest, O Christ, to thy servant(s) with thy saints, where sorrow and pain are no more, neither sighing, but life everlasting.

Thou only art immortal, the creator and maker of mankind; and we are mortal, formed of the earth, and unto earth shall  we return. For so thou didst ordain when thou createdst me, saying, “Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”  All