The Service of High Mass for the Dead on the Day of Burial (1911)
“ He cannot really die again. His Body and Blood cannot really be separated, for His glorious risen Body cannot suffer any more—it is immortal. But in the Mass the Bread is first changed into our Lord's Body, and then the Wine is changed into His Blood. Thus it looks as though the Body and Blood were separated, and this recalls the real separation, the real shedding of our Lord's Blood on Mount Calvary. ”
The Service of High Mass for the Dead on the Day of Burial (1911)
“ O God, whose property is ever to have mercy and to spare, we humbly beseech Thee in behalf of Thy servant, whom Thou hast this day called out of this world, that Thou wouldst not deliver him into the hands of the enemy, nor forget him forever, but command the holy angels to take him and lead him to the Home of Paradise, that forasmuch as in Thee he put his hope and trust, he may not endure the pains of hell, but come to the possession of eternal joys, through our Lord Jesus Christ. ”
The Service of High Mass for the Dead on the Day of Burial (1911)
“ Therefore I beseech blessed Mary ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and all the saints, and you, Father, to pray to the Lord our God for me. Then the Priest with his hands joined, says: P. Misereatur nostri omnipotens Deus, et dimissis peccatis vestris, perducat vos ad tam æternam. P. May Almighty God be merciful unto you, and forgive you your sins, and bring you to life everlasting. ”
