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 which thou hast begun in them may be perfected; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord. Amen.

O God, whose days are without end, and whose mercies cannot be numbered:  Make us, we beseech thee, deeply  sensible of the shortness and uncertainty of life; and let thy  Holy Spirit lead us in holiness and righteousness all our days;  that, when we shall have served thee in our generation, we  may be gathered unto our fathers, having the testimony of a  good conscience; in the communion of the Catholic Church;  in the confidence of a certain faith; in the comfort of a  reasonable, religious, and holy hope; in favor with thee our  God; and in perfect charity with the world. All which we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O God, the King of saints, we praise and magnify thy holy Name for all thy servants who have finished their course in  thy faith and fear; for the blessed Virgin Mary; for the holy  patriarchs, prophets, apostles, and martyrs; and for all other  thy righteous servants, known to us and unknown; and we  beseech thee that, encouraged by their examples, aided by  their prayers, and strengthened by their fellowship, we also  may be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;  through the merits of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, we pray thee to set thy passion, cross, and death, between thy judgment and  our souls, now and in the hour of our death. Give mercy and grace to the living, pardon and rest to the dead, to thy holy  Church peace and concord, and to us sinners everlasting life  and glory; who with the Father and the Holy Spirit livest and  reignest, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Almighty God, Father of mercies and giver of all comfort: Deal graciously, we pray thee, with all those who mourn, that  casting every care on thee, they may know the consolation of  thy love; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.