O all you blessed saints, who, after the glorious resurrection of your Saviour, were by him translated from the bosom of Abraham to the clear vision of God,
Blessed apostles, who, at the last and terrible day, shall sit on the twelve thrones, judging the tribes of Israel,
Blessed disciples of our Lord, who, following his sacred steps in the narrow path of perfection, went straight on to the heavenly Jerusalem,
Blessed martyrs, who, passing through the red sea of your own blood, without journeying through a tedious wilderness, entered immediately into the land of promise.
Blessed confessors, who, despising the vanities here below, and placing your affections entirely on the joys above, are already arrived at the full possession of all your wishes,
Blessed virgins, who, watching continually with your lamps prepared, were ready at the first voice of the chaste spouse of heaven to enter with him into the marriage feast,
O all you holy saints, who, not retaining at your death the least irregular adherence to any creature, were perfectly capable of an immediate union with your Creator,
Be merciful, O Lord, And pardon their sins.
Be merciful, O Lord, And hear our prayers.
| From the shades of death, where they sit deprived of the blissful light of thy countenance, | Deliver, &c. |
| From the evils to which their defective mortifications in this world have exposed them in the other, |
