Die VI infra octavam PaschæThe Sixth Day within the Octave of Easter

Incipit

℣ Dómine, lábia ✠ mea apéries.

℟ Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.

℣ Deus ✠ in adjutórium meum inténde.

℟ Dómine, ad adjuvándum me festína.

Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Allelúja.

℣ O Lord, ✠ open my lips.

℟ And my mouth shall proclaim your praise.

℣ O God, ✠ come to my assistance.

℟ Lord, make haste to help me.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Alleluia.

Invitatorium

Ant. Surréxit Dóminus vere, * Allelúja.

Ant. Surréxit Dóminus vere, * Allelúja.

Veníte, exsultémus Dómino, jubilémus Deo, salutári nostro: præoccupémus fáciem ejus in confessióne, et in psalmis jubilémus ei.

Ant. Surréxit Dóminus vere, * Allelúja.

Quóniam Deus magnus Dóminus, et Rex magnus super omnes deos, quóniam non repéllet Dóminus plebem suam: quia in manu ejus sunt omnes fines terræ, et altitúdines móntium ipse cónspicit.

Ant. Allelúja.

Quóniam ipsíus est mare, et ipse fecit illud, et áridam fundavérunt manus ejus (genuflectitur) veníte, adorémus, et procidámus ante Deum: plorémus coram Dómino, qui fecit nos, quia ipse est Dóminus, Deus noster; nos autem pópulus ejus, et oves páscuæ ejus.

Ant. Surréxit Dóminus vere, * Allelúja.

Hódie, si vocem ejus audiéritis, nolíte obduráre corda vestra, sicut in exacerbatióne secúndum diem tentatiónis in desérto: ubi tentavérunt me patres vestri, probavérunt et vidérunt ópera mea.

Ant. Allelúja.

Quadragínta annis próximus fui generatióni huic, et dixi: Semper hi errant corde, ipsi vero non cognovérunt vias meas: quibus jurávi in ira mea: Si introíbunt in réquiem meam.

Ant. Surréxit Dóminus vere, * Allelúja.

℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Ant. Allelúja.

Ant. Surréxit Dóminus vere, * Allelúja.

Ant. The Lord has truly risen, * Alleluia.

Ant. The Lord has truly risen, * Alleluia.

Come, let us exult in the Lord. Let us shout joyfully to God, our Savior. Let us anticipate his presence with confession, and let us sing joyfully to him with psalms.

Ant. The Lord has truly risen, * Alleluia.

For the Lord is a great God and a great King over all gods. For the Lord will not drive away his people. For in his hand are all the limits of the earth, and he beholds the heights of the mountains.

Ant. Alleluia.

For the sea is his, and he made it, and his hands established the dry land. (kneel) Come, let us adore and fall prostrate before God, and let us weep before the Lord who made us. For he is the Lord our God, and we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.

Ant. The Lord has truly risen, * Alleluia.

If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts: as in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness, where your fathers tempted me; they tested and saw my works.

Ant. Alleluia.

For forty years, I was near to that generation, and I said: These have always strayed in heart. But they have not known my ways. To them I swore in my wrath: They shall not enter into my rest.

Ant. The Lord has truly risen, * Alleluia.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. Alleluia.

Ant. The Lord has truly risen, * Alleluia.

Psalmi cum lectionibus

Ad Nocturnum

Ant. Ego sum qui sum, * et consílium meum non est cum ímpiis, sed in lege Dómini volúntas mea est, allelúja.

Psalmus 1 [1]

1:1 Beátus vir, qui non ábiit in consílio impiórum, † et in via peccatórum non stetit, * et in cáthedra pestiléntiæ non sedit:

1:2 Sed in lege Dómini volúntas ejus, * et in lege ejus meditábitur die ac nocte.

1:3a Et erit tamquam lignum, quod plantátum est secus decúrsus aquárum, * quod fructum suum dabit in témpore suo:

1:3b Et fólium ejus non défluet: * et ómnia quæcúmque fáciet, prosperabúntur.

1:4 Non sic ímpii, non sic: * sed tamquam pulvis, quem próicit ventus a fácie terræ.

1:5 Ídeo non resúrgent ímpii in judício: * neque peccatóres in concílio justórum.

1:6 Quóniam novit Dóminus viam justórum: * et iter impiórum períbit.

℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Ant. Ego sum qui sum, et consílium meum non est cum ímpiis, sed in lege Dómini volúntas mea est, allelúja.

Ant. Postulávi Patrem meum, * allelúja: dedit mihi gentes, allelúja, in hereditátem, allelúja.

Psalmus 2 [2]

2:1 Quare fremuérunt gentes: * et pópuli meditáti sunt inánia?

2:2 Astitérunt reges terræ, et príncipes convenérunt in unum * advérsus Dóminum, et advérsus Christum ejus.

2:3 Dirumpámus víncula eórum: * et proiciámus a nobis jugum ipsórum.

2:4 Qui hábitat in cælis, irridébit eos: * et Dóminus subsannábit eos.

2:5 Tunc loquétur ad eos in ira sua, * et in furóre suo conturbábit eos.

2:6 Ego autem constitútus sum Rex ab eo super Sion montem sanctum ejus, * prǽdicans præcéptum ejus.

2:7 Dóminus dixit ad me: * Fílius meus es tu, ego hódie génui te.

2:8 Póstula a me, et dabo tibi gentes hereditátem tuam, * et possessiónem tuam términos terræ.

2:9 Reges eos in virga férrea, * et tamquam vas fíguli confrínges eos.

2:10 Et nunc, reges, intellégite: * erudímini, qui judicátis terram.

2:11 Servíte Dómino in timóre: * et exsultáte ei cum tremóre.

2:12 Apprehéndite disciplínam, nequándo irascátur Dóminus, * et pereátis de via justa.

2:13 Cum exárserit in brevi ira ejus: * beáti omnes qui confídunt in eo.

℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Ant. Postulávi Patrem meum, allelúja: dedit mihi gentes, allelúja, in hereditátem, allelúja.

Ant. Ego dormívi, * et somnum cepi: et exsurréxi, quóniam Dóminus suscépit me, allelúja, allelúja.

Psalmus 3 [3]

3:2 Dómine, quid multiplicáti sunt qui tríbulant me? * multi insúrgunt advérsum me.

3:3 Multi dicunt ánimæ meæ: * Non est salus ipsi in Deo ejus.

3:4 Tu autem, Dómine, suscéptor meus es, * glória mea, et exáltans caput meum.

3:5 Voce mea ad Dóminum clamávi: * et exaudívit me de monte sancto suo.

3:6 Ego dormívi, et soporátus sum: * et exsurréxi, quia Dóminus suscépit me.

3:7 Non timébo míllia pópuli circumdántis me: * exsúrge, Dómine, salvum me fac, Deus meus.

3:8 Quóniam tu percussísti omnes adversántes mihi sine causa: * dentes peccatórum contrivísti.

3:9 Dómini est salus: * et super pópulum tuum benedíctio tua.

℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℟ Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, * et in sǽcula sæculórum. Amen.

Ant. Ego dormívi, et somnum cepi: et exsurréxi, quóniam Dóminus suscépit me, allelúja, allelúja.

℣ Surréxit Dóminus vere, allelúja.

℟ Et appáruit Simóni, allelúja.

Pater Noster dicitur secreto usque ad Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

Pater noster, qui es in cælis, sanctificétur nomen tuum: advéniat regnum tuum: fiat volúntas tua, sicut in cælo et in terra. Panem nostrum cotidiánum da nobis hódie: et dimítte nobis débita nostra, sicut et nos dimíttimus debitóribus nostris:

℣ Et ne nos indúcas in tentatiónem:

℟ Sed líbera nos a malo.

Absolutio. Ipsíus píetas et misericórdia nos ádjuvet, qui cum Patre et Spíritu Sancto vivit et regnat in sǽcula sæculórum.

℟ Amen.

℣ Jube, Dómine, benedícere.

Benedictio. Evangélica léctio sit nobis salus et protéctio.

℟ Amen.

Lectio 1

Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum

Matt 28:16-20

In illo témpore: Undecim discípuli abiérunt in Galilǽam in montem, ubi constitúerat illis Jesus. Et réliqua.

Homilía sancti Hierónymi Presbýteri

Lib. 4 Comment. in Matth., in fine

Post resurrectiónem Jesus in monte Galilǽæ conspícitur, ibíque adorátur; licet quidam dúbitent, et dubitátio eórum nostram áugeat fidem. Tunc maniféstius osténditur Thomæ, et latus láncea vulnerátum, et manus fixas demónstrat clavis. Accédens Jesus locútus est eis, dicens: Data est mihi omnis potéstas in cælo et in terra. Illi potéstas data est, qui paulo ante crucifíxus, qui sepúltus in túmulo, qui mórtuus jacúerat, qui póstea resurréxit. In cælo autem et in terra potéstas data est: ut qui ante regnábat in cælo, per fidem credéntium regnet et in terris.

℣ Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.

℟ Deo grátias.

℟ Surgens Jesus Dóminus noster, stans in médio discipulórum suórum, dixit:

* Pax vobis, allelúja: gavísi sunt discípuli viso Dómino, allelúja.

℣ Una ergo sabbatórum, cum fores essent clausæ, ubi erant discípuli congregáti, venit Jesus, et stetit in medio eórum, et dixit eis.

℟ Pax vobis, allelúja: gavísi sunt discípuli viso Dómino, allelúja.

℣ Jube, Dómine, benedícere.

Benedictio. Divínum auxílium máneat semper nobíscum.

℟ Amen.

Lectio 2

Eúntes autem docéte omnes gentes, baptizántes eos in nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti. Primum docent omnes gentes, deínde doctas intíngunt aqua. Non enim potest fíeri, ut corpus baptísmi recípiat sacraméntum, nisi ante ánima fídei suscéperit veritátem. Baptizántur autem in nómine Patris, et Fílii, et Spíritus Sancti: ut quorum una est divínitas, una sit largítio: noménque Trinitátis, unus Deus est.

℣ Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.

℟ Deo grátias.

℟ Expurgáte vetus ferméntum, ut sitis nova conspérsio: étenim Pascha nostrum immolátus est Christus:

* Itaque epulémur in Dómino, allelúja.

℣ Mórtuus est propter delícta nostra, et resurréxit propter justificatiónem nostram.

℟ Itaque epulémur in Dómino, allelúja.

℣ Glória Patri, et Fílio, * et Spirítui Sancto.

℟ Itaque epulémur in Dómino, allelúja.

℣ Jube, Dómine, benedícere.

Benedictio. Ad societátem cívium supernórum perdúcat nos Rex Angelórum.

℟ Amen.

Lectio 3

Docéntes eos serváre ómnia, quæcúmque mandávi vobis. Ordo præcípuus: jussit Apóstolis, ut primum docérent univérsas gentes, deínde fídei intíngerent sacraménto, et post fidem ac baptísma, quæ essent observánda præcíperent. Ac ne putémus lévia esse, quæ jussa sunt, et pauca, áddidit: Omnia quæcúmque mandávi vobis: ut quicúmque credíderint, qui in Trinitáte fúerint baptizáti, ómnia fáciant, quæ præcépta sunt. Et ecce ego vobíscum sum usque ad consummatiónem sǽculi. Qui usque ad consummatiónem sǽculi cum discípulis se futúrum esse promíttit, et illos osténdit semper esse victúros, et se nunquam a credéntibus recessúrum.

℣ Tu autem, Dómine, miserére nobis.

℟ Deo grátias.

Te Deum

Te Deum laudámus: * te Dóminum confitémur.

Te ætérnum Patrem * omnis terra venerátur.

Tibi omnes Ángeli, * tibi Cæli, et univérsæ Potestátes:

Tibi Chérubim et Séraphim * incessábili voce proclámant:

(Fit reverentia) Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus * Dóminus Deus Sábaoth.

Pleni sunt cæli et terra * majestátis glóriæ tuæ.

Te gloriósus * Apostolórum chorus,

Te Prophetárum * laudábilis númerus,

Te Mártyrum candidátus * laudat exércitus.

Te per orbem terrárum * sancta confitétur Ecclésia,

Patrem * imménsæ majestátis;

Venerándum tuum verum * et únicum Fílium;

Sanctum quoque * Paráclitum Spíritum.

Tu Rex glóriæ, * Christe.

Tu Patris * sempitérnus es Fílius.

(Fit reverentia) Tu, ad liberándum susceptúrus hóminem: * non horruísti Vírginis úterum.

Tu, devícto mortis acúleo, * aperuísti credéntibus regna cælórum.

Tu ad déxteram Dei sedes, * in glória Patris.

Judex créderis * esse ventúrus.

(Sequens versus dicitur flexis genibus) Te ergo quǽsumus, tuis fámulis súbveni, * quos pretióso sánguine redemísti.

Ætérna fac cum Sanctis tuis * in glória numerári.

Salvum fac pópulum tuum, Dómine, * et bénedic hereditáti tuæ.

Et rege eos, * et extólle illos usque in ætérnum.

Per síngulos dies * benedícimus te.

(Fit reverentia, secundum consuetudinem) Et laudámus nomen tuum in sǽculum, * et in sǽculum sǽculi.

Dignáre, Dómine, die isto * sine peccáto nos custodíre.

Miserére nostri, Dómine, * miserére nostri.

Fiat misericórdia tua, Dómine, super nos, * quemádmodum sperávimus in te.

In te, Dómine, sperávi: * non confúndar in ætérnum.

Reliqua omittuntur, nisi Laudes separandæ sint.

At the Nocturn

Ant. I am who I am, * and my counsel is not with the impious, but my will is in the law of the Lord, alleluia.

Psalm 1 [1]

1:1 Blessed is the man who has not followed the counsel of the impious, † and has not remained in the way of sinners, * and has not sat in the chair of pestilence.

1:2 But his will is with the law of the Lord, * and he will meditate on his law, day and night.

1:3a And he will be like a tree that has been planted beside running waters, * which will provide its fruit in its time,

1:3b and its leaf will not fall away, * and all things whatsoever that he does will prosper.

1:4 Not so the impious, not so. * For they are like the dust that the wind casts along the face of the earth.

1:5 Therefore, the impious will not prevail again in judgment, * nor sinners in the council of the just.

1:6 For the Lord knows the way of the just. * And the path of the impious will pass away.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. I am who I am, and my counsel is not with the impious, but my will is in the law of the Lord, alleluia.

Ant. I have asked of my Father, * alleluia: he has given me the nations, alleluia, as my inheritance, alleluia.

Psalm 2 [2]

2:1 Why have the Gentiles been seething, * and why have the people been pondering nonsense?

2:2 The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, * against the Lord and against his Christ:

2:3 “Let us shatter their chains * and cast their yoke away from us.”

2:4 He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, * and the Lord will mock them.

2:5 Then will he speak to them in his anger * and trouble them with his fury.

2:6 Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, * preaching his precepts.

2:7 The Lord has said to me: * You are my son, this day have I begotten you.

2:8 Ask of me and I will give to you: the Gentiles for your inheritance, * and the ends of the earth for your possession.

2:9 You will rule them with an iron rod, * and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel.

2:10 And now, O kings, understand. * Receive instruction, you who judge the earth.

2:11 Serve the Lord in fear, * and exult in him with trembling.

2:12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord might become angry, * and you would perish from the way of the just.

2:13 Though his wrath can flare up in a short time, * blessed are all those who trust in him.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. I have asked of my Father, alleluia: he has given me the nations, alleluia, as my inheritance, alleluia.

Ant. I slept * and took my rest: and I rose up, for the Lord has sustained me, alleluia, alleluia.

Psalm 3 [3]

3:2 Lord, why have those who trouble me been multiplied? * Many rise up against me.

3:3 Many say to my soul, * “There is no salvation for him in his God.”

3:4 But you, Lord, are my supporter, * my glory, and the one who raises up my head.

3:5 I have cried out to the Lord with my voice, * and he has heard me from his holy mountain.

3:6 I have slept, and I have been stupefied. * But I awakened because the Lord has taken me up.

3:7 I will not fear the thousands of people surrounding me. * Rise up, Lord. Save me, my God.

3:8 For you have struck all those who oppose me without cause. * You have broken the teeth of sinners.

3:9 Salvation is of the Lord, * and your blessing is upon your people.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, * world without end. Amen.

Ant. I slept and took my rest: and I rose up, for the Lord has sustained me, alleluia, alleluia.

℣ The Lord is truly risen, alleluia.

℟ And he appeared to Simon, alleluia.

The Our Father is said silently as far as And lead us not into temptation:

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name: thy kingdom come: thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread: and forgive us our trespasses, as we also forgive those who trespass against us:

℣ And lead us not into temptation:

℟ But deliver us from evil.

Absolution. May his loving kindness and mercy assist us, he who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever.

℟ Amen.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benediction. May the evangelical reading be our salvation and protection.

℟ Amen.

Lesson 1

A Reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

Matt 28:16-20

At that time: the eleven disciples went on to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And so forth.

A Homily of Saint Jerome, Priest

Book 4 of the Commentary on Matthew, at the end

After the Resurrection, Jesus is seen on a mountain in Galilee, and there he is adored; though some doubt, and their doubt increases our faith. Then he shows himself more clearly to Thomas, and demonstrates the side wounded by the lance and the hands fastened by nails. Jesus, drawing near, spoke to them, saying: All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth. Authority has been given to him who shortly before had been crucified, who had been buried in a tomb, who had lain dead, who afterwards rose again. But authority has been given in heaven and on earth, so that he who previously reigned in heaven might also reign on earth through the faith of believers.

℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.

℟ Thanks be to God.

℟ Rising, our Lord Jesus, standing in the midst of his disciples, said:

* Peace be with you, alleluia: the disciples rejoiced at the sight of the Lord, alleluia.

℣ On the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were gathered, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and said to them.

℟ Peace be with you, alleluia: the disciples rejoiced at the sight of the Lord, alleluia.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benediction. May the divine assistance remain always with us.

℟ Amen.

Lesson 2

Going, therefore, teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. First they teach all nations, then they immerse those who have been taught in water. For it cannot come about that a body should receive the sacrament of baptism unless the soul has first received the truth of faith. They are baptized, however, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: so that those whose divinity is one may have one bestowal; and the name of the Trinity is the one God.

℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.

℟ Thanks be to God.

℟ Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump; for Christ our Pasch has been sacrificed:

* And so let us feast in the Lord, alleluia.

℣ He died for our sins, and rose again for our justification.

℟ And so let us feast in the Lord, alleluia.

℣ Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, * and to the Holy Spirit.

℟ And so let us feast in the Lord, alleluia.

℣ Grant a blessing, O Lord.

Benediction. May the King of Angels lead us to the company of the citizens on high.

℟ Amen.

Lesson 3

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. The order is paramount: he commanded the Apostles first to teach all nations, then to immerse those who had been taught in the sacrament of faith, and after faith and baptism to instruct them in what was to be observed. And lest we suppose the things commanded to be light and few, he added: "All things whatsoever I have commanded you" — so that all who have believed and have been baptized in the Trinity may do all that has been commanded. And behold, I am with you even to the consummation of the age. He who promises that he will be with the disciples until the consummation of the age both shows that they will always live, and that he will never depart from those who believe.

℣ But you, O Lord, have mercy on us.

℟ Thanks be to God.

Te Deum

O God, we praise you; * O Lord, we acclaim you.

Eternal Father, * all the earth reveres you.

To you all the Angels, * the heavens and all the Powers of heaven:

To you the Cherubim and Seraphim * cry out in endless praise:

(A bow is made) Holy, Holy, Holy * Lord God of hosts;

Heaven and earth are filled * with the majesty of your glory.

The glorious choir of Apostles * sings to you,

the noble company of Prophets * praises you,

the white-robed army of Martyrs * glorifies you.

Holy Church throughout the earth * proclaims you,

the Father * of boundless majesty;

your true and only Son, * worthy of adoration;

and the Holy Spirit, * the Paraclete.

You, O Christ, * are the King of glory.

You are * the Father's everlasting Son.

(A bow is made) When you resolved to save the human race, * you did not spurn the Virgin's womb.

You overcame the sting of death * and opened the Kingdom of Heaven to those who put their faith in you.

You are seated at the right hand of God * in the glory of the Father.

We believe you are the Judge * who is to come.

(The following verse is said kneeling) And so we beg you, help your servants, * redeemed by your most precious blood.

Number them * among your Saints in eternal glory.

Save your people, Lord, * and bless your inheritance.

Shepherd them * and raise them to eternal life.

Day by day * we bless you,

(A bow is made, according to custom) and we praise your name * for endless ages evermore.

Be gracious, Lord, on this day, * and keep us from all sin.

Have mercy on us, O Lord, * have mercy.

May your mercy be upon us, Lord, * as we place our trust in you.

In you, O Lord, I rest my hope: * let me never be put to shame.

The rest is omitted unless Lauds is said separately.

Oratio

℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.

℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.

Orémus.

Omnípotens sempitérne Deus, qui paschále sacraméntum in reconciliatiónis humánæ fœ́dere contulísti: da méntibus nostris; ut quod professióne celebrámus, imitémur efféctu.

Per Dóminum nostrum Jesum Christum, Fílium tuum: qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus, per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.

℟ Amen.

℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.

℟ And let my cry come before you.

Let us pray.

Almighty ever-living God, who have bestowed the Paschal Sacrament in the covenant of human reconciliation: grant to our minds that what we celebrate by our profession, we may imitate in effect.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son: who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

℟ Amen.

Conclusio

℣ Dómine, exáudi oratiónem meam.

℟ Et clamor meus ad te véniat.

℣ Benedicámus Dómino.

℟ Deo grátias.

℣ Fidélium ánimæ per misericórdiam Dei requiéscant in pace.

℟ Amen.

℣ O Lord, hear my prayer.

℟ And let my cry come before you.

℣ Let us bless the Lord.

℟ Thanks be to God.

℣ May the souls of the faithful, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

℟ Amen.