40 days Prayer for the Faithful Departed

First 9 consecutive nights will be The Holy Rosary to Our Blessed Virgin Mother
Daily Prayer for 31 consecutive Nights. After The 9 Consecutive Nights of the Holy Rosary

Leader: In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen

ALL: Merciful Lord Jesus! Listen to the prayers of the souls in purgatory.
Listen to our prayers for the soul of the faithful departed / especially for the soul of Marjorie / through
the infinite merit of your life / passion and death / we beseech You to grant Marjorie pardon for all her
shortcomings on earth.

Leader: O God/You alone are ever merciful and sparing of punishment

ALL: Humbly we pray in behalf of the soul of Marjorie whom You have commanded to go forth from this
world. Do not forget her but command that her soul be taken up by the holy angels and brought to
paradise. So that since she hoped and believed in You / she may share the joys of Your eternal
kingdom.

Leader: Absolve / O Lord / the soul of Your faithful servant Marjorie from every bond of sin.

ALL: So that Marjorie may rise again to life in the glory of the resurrection with your saints. May the angels
welcome Marjorie to paradise where there is everlasting peace. AMEN.

Leader: By Your Holy Incarnation.

ALL: Have Mercy on the soul of Marjorie

By Your Holy Birth
By Your Baptism
By Your Suffering on the Cross
By Your Death and Burial
By Your Resurrection
By Your Ascension
By Your Coming of the Holy Spirit

Leader: Christ have mercy on us.

ALL: Christ have mercy on us.
Leader: Lord have mercy on us.
ALL: Lord have mercy on us.

Leader: To You O God our Father / we humbly commend Marjorie in her mortal life on earth / You loved her
with great love. Now that she has been freed from the sufferings / trials / and evils of earth / grant that
your mercy and goodness will bring her to Your paradise / where there is no more grief or suffering /
questioning / or temptations / but only peace and joy / with Your son

ALL: Blessed by God / the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ / a gentle Father and the God of comfort and joy /
who comfort us in our sorrows and pains / so that we can offer to others / in their sorrows and pains /
the comfort we have received from God ourselves. Let us trust her. Through His Son who invites us /
saying, “Come to me / all you who labor and burdened / and I will give you eternal rest”.

Leader: Most merciful Father into your hands we entrust the soul of Marjorie. For we are sustained with the
sure hope that she will rise again on the last day / at the resurrection / with all those who have died in
Christ.

ALL: We give you thanks O Lord / for all the good things / which You gave Your servant Marjorie / during her
mortal life / as signs of Your infinite goodness and love for her and of the communion of saints in Christ.
In Your great mercy / O Lord / accept our prayers that the gates of paradise may now be opened to her.
In our turn / may we be comforted by the faith / until one day we hasten to meet Jesus Christ / where
we may all be together forever / united with the Lord / and with our loved ones.
Leader: Dear Marjorie may the angels lead you into paradise. May the martyrs and saints await your coming /
and escort you to the holy city. May the choirs of angels welcome you / and with the poor man Lazarus
/ and all your dear ones / may you enjoy everlasting rest and happiness.

Let us pray.

ALL: Merciful Father / into your hands we command the soul of Marjorie. WE are confident that with all who
died in grave, he will be raised to life and live with Christ forever. We thank you for all the blessings you
gave him in this life. Lord / hear our prayers. Welcome Marjorie to heavenly paradise and help us to
comfort each other with the assurance of our faith in Jesus Christ.

Leader: Lord Jesus / You wept for Your friend Lazarus.

ALL: Comfort us in our sorrow. You raised the dead to life. Grant Marjorie eternal rest. Shee was washed
clean at baptism and anointed with the oil of salvation. Receive her to the company of saints. She was
nourished with Your body and blood at the Holy Eucharist.

Leader: And now let us pray with confidence to the Father in the words that our Savior taught us.

ALL: Our father… (The Lord’s Prayer)

Leader: Eternal rest grant unto Marjorie O Lord.

ALL: And let perpetual light shin upon her.

Leader: May the soul of Marjorie rest in peace.

ALL: AMEN.

Leader: Friends / let us first think of God’s living and loving presence in our midst / here and now… and let us
think of our beloved Marjorie as still very much alive in another and happier life… (PAUSE) …

Leader: Lord have mercy on us.

ALL: Lord have mercy on us

ALL: May the faith which is our greatest treasure on earth / be now our consolation. May our belief in Jesus
Christ be our guarantee of eternal life / for He promised us: “I am the resurrection and life. Whoever
believes in me / even though he dies / shall live again. Every living person who believes in me shall
never die / but shall possess everlasting life.”

Leader: O God / Your days are without end. Your mercies are too many to count. Cause us never to forget that
our life is very short and uncertain. Let Your Holy Spirit guide us through this present life. Giving justice
and charity to people we meet from day to day / so that at the end / we may be accounted worthy to
enter into your eternal kingdom / our final home.

ALL: Lord / open our lips and enflame our hearts / and cleanse them of useless and evil thoughts. Enlighten
our minds / that we may seriously meditate on Thy sufferings and death / and the pains endured by Thy
most glorious Mother / and deign to hear and receive us before Thy great majesty. Thou liveth and
reigneth forever. AMEN.

(Pray the Apostles’ Creed. I Our Father, 3 Hail Mary’s, I Glory Be)

I BELIEVE in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.

I believe In Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
and born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
and is sealed at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting, Amen.

Leader: Prays the Sorrowful Mysteries

1. The Agony in the Garden

2. The Scourging at the Pillar.
3. The Crowning with Thorns.
4. The Carrying of the Cross.
5. The Crucifixion and Death on the Cross.

(In the decades of the Rosary: for the Our Father, say the following)

ALL: My most merciful Jesus / look down with eyes of pity on the faithful soul of Marjorie for whom Thou
suffered and died on the cross. Amen.

(On the beads for the Hail Mary, say the following: )
*Response: Have mercy on the soul of Marjorie.

Leader: My Jesus / through Thy bloody sweat in the garden…

My Jesus / through Thy cruel scourging Thou endured…
My Jesus / through Thy crown of thorns that pierced thy head…
My Jesus / through Thy carrying of the cross on the path of bitterness…
My Jesus / through Thy face covered with blood which thou allowed to be imprinted on the veil of
veronica…
My Jesus / through Thy bloody garments which were cruelly removed from thy wounded body…
My Jesus / through Thy holy body nailed on the cross…
My Jesus / through Thy hands and feet pierced with cruel nails…
My Jesus / through Thy sacred side pierced with a lance and from which flowed blood and water…
Hail Mary full of grace… (10 Hail Marys)

Leader: Eternal Rest Grant unto Marjorie. O Lord.

ALL: And let perpetual light shine upon her.

Leader: May she rest in peace.

ALL: AMEN.

Leader: Glory be to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit

ALL: As it was in the beginning / is now and ever shall be world without end. AMEN.

(Repeat for each sorrowful mystery)

(After the 5 sorrowful mysteries, say the following)
Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy.
Hail our life, our sweetness and our hope.
To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve;
to thee do we send up our sighs,
mourning and weeping in this valley of tears.
Turn then, most gracious advocate,
thine eyes of mercy towards us;
and after this our exile,
show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
Leader: Pray for us O holy Mother of God.

ALL: That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Leader: Let us pray.

ALL: Most sweet Jesus / who in Thy desire to redeem the world / deigned to be born / circumcised / mocked
by the Jews / to fall into the hands of Thy enemies / through the treacherous kiss of Judas / to be
bound and brought to the place of sacrifice like a lamb / brought before Caiaphas / Pilate / and Herod.
Spat on / accused and condemned with false witnesses / to be slapped and have Thy sacred body
covered with wounds / from the cruel scourging. To be crowned with thorns / Thy face covered with a
purple cloth in mockery / stripped of Thy garments / nailed and elevated on the cross between two
thieves / as if Thou were one of them. Offered gall and vinegar to drink / and to be pierced in Thy side
with a lance / deliver, O Lord, the soul of Marjorie / from her great sufferings through Thy most bitter
passion / bring her to Thy glory / and deliver her from the pains of hell / through the merits of Thy holy
passion and death on the cross / so that she may be worthy to enter that kingdom / where Thou
brought the good thief / who was crucified with Thee / who liveth and reigneth with the Father and
the Holy Spirit forever / AMEN.

Litany for the Faithful Departed

Lord… Have mercy on us

Lord… Have mercy on us
Christ… Have mercy on us
Christ… Have mercy on us
Lord… Have mercy on us
Lord… Have mercy on us
Christ… Hear us
Christ… Graciously Hear us
Through Thy Most Sweet Name
Through Thy Baptism and Holy Fastings
Through Thy Prompt Obedience
Through Thine Infinite Love
Through Thy Bloody Sweat
Through Thy Sorrow and Anguish
Through Thy Bonds
Through Thy Scourging
Through Thy Crowning with Thorns
Through Thy Carrying of the Cross
Through Thy Most Cruel Death
Through Thy Most Holy Wounds
Through Thy Most Bitter Cross and Passion
Through Thy Holy Resurrection
Through Thine Admirable Ascension
Through the coming of The Holy Spirit. The Paraclete,
In the Day of Judgment
We Sinners

ALL: We beseech thee, hear us.

Thou who forgavest Magdalene and Didst Hearken to the Prayer of the Thief.

Thou who savest freely thine elect.

Thou who has the keys of heaven and hell.

That thou wouldst be pleased to deliver the souls of our parents, relatives, friends, and benefactors, from the
pains of hell.

That thou wouldst be pleased to have mercy on those of whom no special remembrances is made on earth.

That thou wouldst be pleased to grant them all the pardon and remission of all their sins.

That thou wouldst be pleased to fulfill all their desires.

That thou wouldst be pleased to receive them into the company of the blessed.

King of Awful Majesty

Son of God.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world.

Grant unto Marjorie rest.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world.
Grant unto Marjorie rest.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world.
Grant unto Marjorie rest everlasting.
Christ… Hear us
Christ… Graciously Hear us
Lord… Have mercy
Lord… Have mercy
Christ… Have mercy
Christ… Have mercy
From the Gates of Hell
Deliver the soul of Marjorie, O Lord
Lord, Hear our Prayer
And let our cry come unto thee
Let Us Pray
ALL:

O God / the creator and redeem of all the faithful / grant unto the soul of Marjorie, thy servant departed / the
remission of all her sins / that by pious supplications she may obtain the pardon of which she has always desired
/ grant this, O God / who livest and reignest world without end. AMEN.

O Eternal God / Who besides the general precept of charity / has commanded a particular respect for parents /
kindred / and benefactors / grant we beseech thee / that as Thy instruments by which Thy providence bestowed
on us our birth, / education / and innumerable other blessings / so our prayers may be the means to obtain for
Marjorie. A speedy release from excessive sufferings / and free admittance to Thine infinite joys / through Jesus
Christ / Our Lord. Amen.

Let Us Pray

ALL:

O, God / whose property is ever to have mercy and to spare / we humbly beseech Thee in behalf of Thy servant
Marjorie / whom Thou has this day called out of this world / that Thou wouldst not deliver her into the hands of
the enemy / nor forget her forever / but bid the holy angels / lead her into paradise / her true country. That for
as much as in Thee / she has placed her hope and trust. She may not endure the pains of hell / but may come to
the possession of eternal joys / through our Lord Jesus Christ / Thy son / who liveth and reigneth in the unity of
the Holy Spirit / God, world without end. AMEN.

Be merciful / we beseech Thee O Lord / to the soul of Thy servant Marjorie / which has this day departed out of
this world / may be cleansed by this sacrifice / and delivered from sins / and may receive forgiveness and
everlasting rest / through our Lord Jesus Christ / Thy Son / who will thee liveth and reigneth in the unity of the
Holy Spirit / God / world without end, AMEN.
Grant we beseech Thee / Almighty God / That the soul of Thy servant Marjorie / which has this day departed out
of this world / may be cleansed by this sacrifice / and delivered from sins / and may receive forgiveness and
everlasting rest / through our Lord Jesus Christ / Thy son / who will Thee liveth and reigneth in the unity of the
Holy Spirit / God / world without end, AMEN.

Absolve O Lord / the soul of Thy servant Marjorie / from every bond of sin / so that by Thy aid she may deserve
to escape the judgment of wrath / and come to the enjoyment of Beatitude in eternal light.
Eternal rest grant unto Marjorie O Lord.
And let Perpetual light shine upon her.
From the gates of Hell
Deliver her soul / O Lord
May she rest in peace
AMEN

O Lord / hear our prayer

And let our cry come unto Thee
The Lord be with you
And with Thy Spirit
God the Father of Heaven,
Have mercy on the soul of Marjorie.
God the Son, Redeemer of the World,
Have mercy on the soul of Marjorie.
God the Holy Spirit,
Have mercy on the soul of Marjorie.
Holy Trinity, One God,
Have mercy on the soul of Marjorie.

*Response: Pray for the soul of Marjorie.

Holy Mary
Holy Mother of God
Holy Virgin of Virgins
Saint Michael
All Ye Angels and Archangels
Saint John the Baptist
Saint Joseph
All Ye Holy Patriarchs and Prophets
Saint Peter
Saint John
All Ye Holy Apostles and Evangelists
Saint Stephen
Saint Lawrence
All Ye Holy Martyrs
Saint Gregory
Saint Ambrose
Saint Augustine
Saint Jerome
All Ye Holy Bishops and Confessors
All Ye Holy Doctors
All Ye Holy Priests and Levites
All Ye Holy Monks and Hermits
Saint Mary Magdalene
Saint Barbara
All Ye Holy Virgins and Widows
All Ye Saints of God

Be Merciful…
Spare Marjorie. O, Lord

ALL: O, Lord deliver Marjorie

From All Evils
From the Rigor of Justice
From the Power of the Devil
From the Gnawing Worm of Conscience
From Long-Enduring Sorrow
From Eternal Flames
From Intolerable Cold
From Horrible Darkness
From Dreadful Weeping and Wailing
Through Thine Admirable Conception
Through The Holy Nativity

A Christian View of Death

We picture death as coming to destroy;
Let us rather see it as Christ coming to serve.
We think of death as ending;
Rather think of it as a new life beginning.
We think of it as losing;
Rather let us think of it as winning a final victory.
We think of death as parting;
Rather think of it as meeting of loved ones.
We think of death as going away;
Rather think of it as arriving home at last.
Death is not extinguishing the light…
It is putting out the lamp because the day,
the eternal day has dawn.

ALL: Lord / help us to see death for what it truly is / the end of poverty and the beginning of riches / the end
of frustration and the beginning of fulfillment / the end of fear and the beginning of peace / the end of
weakness and the beginning of strength / the end of pains and hurts and the beginning of joy and love.
O Lord Jesus / whose rich and unforgettable life / was lived in the faith / that the love which surrounds us / is a
rela dependable as that of a father / let the same sens of trust and hope steady us at this time.
Let not grief overwhelm us / or a sense of loss embitter us / but out of our sadness / let there arise a new joy for
so much given to us.
Help us to see / that what we love becomes a part of us / interfused within our lives / blended with mind and
memory / hollowed forever within our soul / let not take away our hope. Or bereavement blind us / to what
always remains good and lovely and indestructible
O gracious Spirit of Peace / come alive within our experience and hurt / within our sorrow and isolation / within
the sadness of today and the loneliness of tomorrow / come alive as the peace and trust / which nothing in life
or death can kill. Cast out our fears / and let not our hearts be troubled / knowing that this world remains our
Father’s house.

Leader: O God our Father / from whom we came and to whom we return / let us be convinced by the sight of
earth / that is only the body which dies and corrupts / but the more important half of a person / her spirit and
soul / by which she thiks and loves / is not touched by death / but transfer to a new and endless life beyond the
grave. So now / O Lord / help us believe that our beloved Marjorie / is indeed just “departed” to a better worled
/ where at this moment she is alive / is conscious and full of love for each of us / and awaits our coming one by
one!

ALL: Farewell dear NANAY. Pray for us as we pray for you. Until we are together again and home at last!

In the name of the father / and of the Son / and of the Holy Spirit / AMEN