[Page missing in source file. The text is here copied from The Garden of the Soul by Richard Challoner; it is also contained in numerous prayer books.]
ON THE ANNIVERSARY-DAY.
O LORD the God of mercy and pardon, grant to the soul of thy servant N. whose anniversary we commemorate, the seat of refreshment, the happiness of rest, and the brightness of light: through our Lord, &c.
A prayer for one lately deceased.
ABSOLVE, we beseech thee, O Lord, the soul of thy servant N. that, being dead to the world, he may live to thee: and whatever he hath committed in this life through human frailty, do thou of thy most merciful goodness forgive: through our Lord, &c.
A prayer for a Bishop or a Priest.
O GOD, who amongst thy apostolic priests hast raised up thy servant N. to the dignity of a Bishop (or a priest) grant we beseech thee, that he may also be admitted in heaven to their everlasting fellowship: through Jesus Christ our Lord.
For Father and Mother.
O GOD, who hast commanded us to honour our father and mother, have mercy on the souls of my father and mother; and grant that I may see them in the glory of eternity, through our Lord, &c.
For Brethren, Relations, and Benefactors.
O GOD, the giver of pardon, and lover of the salvation of mankind, we beseech thy clemency in behalf of our brethren, relations, and benefactors, who have departed this life; that the blessed Mary
