Exequies, or Sacred Rites Over the Tomb
[Solemnity performed after High Mass for the Dead, and which may be privately recited after the Office.]
Responsory
Deliver me, O Lord, from eternal death on that dreadful day: *When the heavens and earth shall be moved: *Whilst thou wilt come to judge the world by fire.
V. I am seized with trembling and dread, when I reflect on the rigorous examination, and the vengeful wrath of that day.
R. When the heavens and earth shall be moved.
V. That day shall be a day of wrath, calamity, and misery: the great day of extreme bitterness and terror.
R. Whilst thou wilt come to judge the world by fire.
Eternal rest grant to them, O Lord, and may the perpetual light of glory shine upon them.
R. Deliver me, O Lord, from eternal death on that dreadful day, when the heavens and earth shall be moved, whilst thou wilt come to judge the world by fire.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Our Father, [in silence.]
V. And lead us not into temptation.
R. But deliver us from evil.
V. From the gates of hell.
R. Deliver his soul, [their souls,] O Lord.
V. Requiescat (requiescant) in pace.
R. Amen.
V. Domine, exaudi, orationem meam.
R. Et clamor meus ad te veniat.