We've suffered a couple of deaths in the family recently, so Filius and I have added the Eternal Rest prayer to our nightly repertory. Here is the text, in English, and, for the ambitious, in Latin, courtesy of the estimable fisheaters:
It is our practice to add "May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen."
Réquiem ætérnam dona ei (eis) Dómine; et lux perpétua lúceat ei (eis). Requiéscat (Requiéscant) in pace. Amen. |
It is our practice to add "May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen."
I love this beautiful prayer. It is short and definitely something that children could be taught to say.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you like it; it's a basic and traditional prayer which I think all Catholics should pray often. Fisheaters.com is a great source for this sort of thing.
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