Prayers

Catholic Prayers for the Deceased

God our Father,
Your power brings us to birth,
Your providence guides our lives,
and by Your command we return to dust.

Lord, those who die still live in Your presence,
their lives change but do not end.
I pray in hope for my family,
relatives and friends,
and for all the dead known to You alone.

In company with Christ,
Who died and now lives,
may they rejoice in Your kingdom,
where all our tears are wiped away.
Unite us together again in one family,
to sing Your praise forever and ever.
Amen.

De Profundis

Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.
Let Your ears be attentive to my voice in supplication.
If You, O Lord, mark iniquities, Lord, who can stand?
But with You is forgiveness, that You may be revered.
I trust in the Lord; my soul trusts in His word.
My soul waits for the Lord more than sentinels wait for the dawn.
More than sentinels wait for the dawn, let Israel wait for the Lord,
For with the Lord is kindness and with Him is plenteous redemption;
And He will redeem Israel from all their iniquities.

Eternal Rest

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Christ be with me
Christ be with me, Christ within me,
Christ behind me, Christ before me,
Christ beside me, Christ to win me,
Christ to comfort and restore me,
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ in quiet, Christ in danger,
Christ in hearts of all that love me,
Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.

Jewish Prayers for the Dead

MOURNER'S KADDISH

Exalted and hallowed be His great Name (Congregation: Amen.)
Throughout the world which He has created according to His will,
May his kingship reign, and His redemption come forth and hasten the coming of His Redeemer (Congregation. Amen.)
In your life and in your days and in the lifetime of the entire House of Israel, speedily and quickly say, Amen. (Congregation: Amen.)
May His great Name be blessed in this world and in all worlds. (The Mourner Repeats this line)
Blessed and praised exalted and extolled, honored, adored and lauded be the Name of the Holy 0ne be He, (Congregation: Amen.)
Way beyond all the blessings, hymns, praises and consolations uttered in the world; and say, Amen. (Congregation: Amen.)
May there be abundant peace from heaven, and a good life for us and for all and say, Amen. (Congregation: Amen.)
He who makes peace in His heaven, may he make peace for us and for all Israel; and say, Amen. (Congregation: Amen.

Jewish Funeral Prayer

God full of mercy who dwells on high
Grant perfect rest on the wings of Your Divine Presence
In the lofty heights of the holy and pure
who shine as the brightness of the heavens
to the soul of [Name].

who has gone to his eternal rest
as all his family and friends
pray for the elevation of his soul.
His resting place shall be in the Garden of Eden.
Therefore, the Master of mercy will care for him
under the protection of His wings for all time
And bind his soul in the bond of everlasting life.
God is his inheritance and he will rest in peace
and let us say Amen.

El maley rachamim shochen bam'romim
hamtzey menuchah nechonah al kanfey haschechinah
bema'alot kedoshim ute'horim
kezohar harakia me'irim umazhirim
lenishmat

shehalach le'olamo
ba'avur shekol beney hamishpachah, yedidim umakirim
mitpalelim le'iluy nishmato
began eden tehey menuchato
lachen ba'al harachamim yastireyhu
beseter kenafav le'olamim
veyitzror bitzror hachayim et nismato
Adonai hu nachalato Veyanuach beshalom al mishkavo
Venomar amen.

Orthodox Christian Prayer for the Dead
Into thy hands, O Lord, I commend the souls of thy servant
and beseech thee to grant him/her rest in the place of thy rest,
where all the blessed Saints repose, and where the light of
thy countenance shineth forth forever.  And I beseech thee
also to grant that our present lives may be godly, sober, and
blameless, that, we too may be made worthy to enter into thy heavenly
Kingdom with those we love but see no longer: for thou art
the Resurrection and the Life, and the Repose of thy departed servant, O
Christ our God, and unto thee we ascribe glory; to the Father, and to
the Son, and to the Holy Spriit; now and ever, and unto ages of ages. Amen.

 

Psalms

Psalm 23:The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

Psalm 121: I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.