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 the blood of the everlasting covenant:  Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is  well pleasing in his sight; through Jesus Christ, to whom be  glory for ever and ever. Amen.

The Consecration of a Grave

O God, whose blessed Son was laid in a sepulcher in the garden:  Bless, we pray, this grave, and grant that he whose  body is (is to be) buried here may dwell with Christ in  paradise, and may come to thy heavenly kingdom; through  thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Additional Prayers

Almighty and everlasting God, we yield unto thee most high praise and hearty thanks for the wonderful grace and virtue  declared in all thy saints, who have been the choice vessels  of thy grace, and the lights of the world in their several  generations; most humbly beseeching thee to give us grace so  to follow the example of their steadfastness in thy faith, and  obedience to thy holy commandments, that at the day of the  general resurrection, we, with all those who are of the  mystical body of thy Son, may be set on his right hand, and  hear that his most joyful voice: “Come, ye blessed of my  Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the  foundation of the world.” Grant this, O Father, for the sake  of the same thy Son Jesus Christ, our only Mediator and  Advocate. Amen.