abodes of those who have fallen asleep.
May the time of our bitter separation pass for ever.
Grant us a joyful meeting in Heaven.
Grant that all may be one with Thee, O Lord.
Restore to the departed, O Lord,
the purity of childhood and the genial spirit of youth,
and may eternal life be to them a Paschal Festival.
O Lord of unutterable Love, remember Thy servants who
have fallen asleep.
Shedding silent tears at the graves of our relatives, we pray
with hope, and cry expectantly: Tell us, O Lord, that their
sins are forgiven. Give our spirit a secret assurance of it, that
we may sing: ALLELUIA.
Looking back, I see the whole of our past life. What a vast
multitude of people have departed from the first day until
now! And many of them have done me good. In gratitude for
what I owe them, with love I cry to Thee:
Grant heavenly glory, O Lord,