Eucharistic Prayers for the Dead

I. Eucharistic Prayer I (The Roman Canon)

Commemoration of the Dead

With hands extended, the priest says:

Remember also, Lord, your servants N. and N., who have gone

before us with the sign of faith and rest in the sleep of peace.

He joins his hands and prays briefly for those who have died and for

whom he intends to pray. Then, with hands extended, he continues:

Grant them, O Lord, we pray, and all who sleep in Christ, a place

of refreshment, light and peace.

II. Eucharistic Prayer II

In Masses for the Dead, the following may be added:

Remember your servant N., whom you have called (today)

from this world to yourself. Grant that he (she) who was united with

your Son in a death like his, may also be one with him in his

Resurrection.

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Remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in

the hope of the resurrection, and all who have died in your mercy:

welcome them into the light of your face.

III. Eucharistic Prayer III

† To our departed brothers and sisters and to all who were pleasing

to you at their passing from this life, give kind admittance to your

kingdom.

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When this Eucharistic Prayer is used in Masses for the Dead, the

following may be said:

† Remember your servant N. whom you have called (today) from

this world to yourself. Grant that he (she) who was united with your son

in a death like his, may also be one with him in his Resurrection,

when from the earth he will raise up in the flesh those who have died,

and transform our lowly body after the pattern of his own glorious body.

† To our departed brothers and sisters, too, and to all who were

pleasing to you at their passing from this life, give kind admittance to

your kingdom. There we hope to enjoy for ever the fullness of your

glory, when you will wipe away every tear from our eyes. For seeing

you, our God, as you are, we shall be like you for all the ages

and praise you without end...

IV. Eucharistic Prayer IV

† Remember also those who have died in the peace of your Christ

and all the dead, whose faith you alone have known.

V. Eucharistic Prayer For Reconciliation I

† Help us to work together for the coming of your Kingdom,

until the hour when we stand before you, saints among the saints in the

halls of heaven, with the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, [with

Blessed Joseph her spouse], with the blessed apostles and all the saints,

and with our deceased brothers and sisters, whom we humbly commend

to your mercy.

Then, freed at last from the wound of corruption and made fully

into a new creation,

we shall sing to you with gladness

VI. Reconciliation II

† Just as you have gathered us now at the table of your son,

so also bring us together, with the glorious Virgin Mary, Mother of God,

[with Blessed Joseph her spouse] with your blessed apostles and all the

saints, with our brothers and sisters and those of every race and tongue

who have died in your friendship.

Bring us to share with them the unending banquet of unity in a new

heaven and a new earth, where the fullness of your peace will shine forth

A. Eucharistic Prayer for Various Needs

† Remember our brothers and sisters (N. and N.), who have fallen

asleep in the peace of your Christ, and all the dead, whose faith you

alone have known. Admit them to rejoice in the light of your face,

and in the resurrection give them the fullness of life.

Grant also to us, when our earthly pilgrimage is done, that we may

come to an eternal dwelling place and live with you for ever; there, in

communion with the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, with the

apostles and martyrs, (with saint N.: the saint of the day or Patron)

and with all the saints, we shall praise and exalt you through Jesus

Christ, your Son.