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 mend their spirits; despise not, we beseech thee, those souls, which are the work of thy hands, created and redeemed by thee, O divine Jesus! vouchsafe to look on them with eyes of mercy and compassion; and grant them comfort, peace, and eternal rest.

By that love which brought thee from heaven, and by the inﬁnite merits of thy death, have compassion on the souls of thy servants, N. N.; satisfy for all their sins, failings, and defects; let them now experience the multitude of thy tender mercies; make them sensible of the excess of thy goodness; and since they can do nothing to mitigate the pains of purgatory, speak thou for them, we beseech thee; thou, who art the eternal Word, and to whom the Father can refuse nothing.

DIVINE LORD whose adorable heart ardently sighs for the happiness of thy banished children, we humbly beseech thee to remember the souls of thy servants for whom we pray; command them, we conjure thee, to be received by thy holy angels, and conveyed to the abodes of rest and peace. Amen.

AMB of God, who takest away the sins of the world, grant them rest. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, grant them rest. Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world, grant them everlasting rest.

ETERNAL GOD! behold here on this altar, as was once on the cross, thy dear and only Son,