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OFFICE OF THE DEAD
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FOR A MOTHER DECEASED

O God, Who hast commanded us to honor our father and mother, have compassion, in Thy mercy, on the soul of my mother; forgive her sins, and grant, that we may meet in the joy of eternal bliss. Through Our Lord, etc.

FOR FATHER AND MOTHER DECEASED

O God, Who hast commanded us to honor our father and mother, have compassion, in Thy mercy, on the souls of my father and mother, and forgive them their sins, and grant that we may meet in the joy of eternal bliss. Through Our Lord, etc.

PRAYER FOR THE THIRD, SEVENTH, OR THIRTIETH DAY AFTER BURIAL

Vouchsafe, we beseech Thee, O Lord, to admit the soul of Thy servant N. the third (seventh or thirtieth) day of whose burial we commemorate, into the fellowship of Thy saints and elect, and sprinkle upon it the perpetual dew of Thy mercy. Through Our Lord, etc.