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 In Masses  for  the  Dead:

V. Requiescant in pace. V. May  they  rest  in peace.

R. Amen.

(At Solemn Mass,  Ite,  missa  est,  or  Benedicamus Domino  is  chanted  by  the  deacon.)

Bowing before the  altar,  the  priest  says:

ay the performance of my homage be pleasing to Thee, O Holy Trinity: and grant that the sacrifice which I, though unworthy, have offered up in the sight of Thy Majesty may be acceptable unto Thee, and may, through Thy mercy, be a propitiation for myself, and all those for whom I have offered it. Amen.

Then he kisses the altar, and raising his eyes, and extending, raising, and joining his hands, he bows his head, and says:

AY Almighty God bless you: the Father, the Son, ✠ and the Holy Ghost.

R. Amen.

At the word Deus he turns toward the people, and makes the sign of the cross over them. (The Benedic-