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God, the Lord of mercy and pardon, grant to the soul of Thy servant N., the anniversary of whose burial we commemorate, the place of refreshment, the blessedness of rest, and the brightness of light* Through Our Lord, etc.

God, by whose favor Thy servant N. was raised to the dignity of a bishop (or priest), and honored with the apostolic functions, grant, we beseech Thee, that he may be admitted to the eternal society of Thy apostles in heaven. Through Our Lord, etc.

God, bounteous in mercy, and lover of the salvation of mankind, we humbly beseech Thy divine clemency to grant to the brethren of our Congregation, and to our relations and benefactors, who have departed this life, through the intercession of the ever blessed Virgin Mary, and