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 Almighty God, with whom do live the spirits of those who 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 the  good examples of all those thy servants, who, having finished  their course in faith, do now rest from their labors. And we beseech thee that we, with all those who 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.

Into thy hands, O Lord, we commend thy servant N., our dear brother, as into the hands of a faithful Creator and most  merciful Savior, beseeching thee that he may be precious in  thy sight. Wash him, we pray thee, in the blood of that immaculate Lamb that was slain to take away the sins of the  world; that, whatsoever defilements he may have contracted  in the midst of this earthly life being purged and done away,  he may be presented pure and without spot before thee;  through the merits of Jesus Christ thine only Son our Lord. Amen.

Remember thy servant, O Lord, according to the favor which thou bearest unto thy people; and grant that, increasing in  knowledge and love of thee, he may go from strength to  strength in the life of perfect service in thy heavenly kingdom;  through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Almighty God, our heavenly Father, in whose hands are the living and the dead:  We give thee thanks for all thy servants  who have laid down their lives in the service of our country. Grant to them thy mercy and the light of thy presence; and give us such a lively sense of thy righteous will, that the work