Farewell Service

Hymns, readings and a printed program for a Christian funeral

Almighty and Everliving God, for All Thy Saints

Episcopal / Anglican (1928 Prayer Book) · Before the blessing

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Almighty and everliving God, we yield unto thee most high praise and hearty thanks, for the wonderful grace and virtue declared in all thy saints, who have been the choice vessels of thy grace, and the lights of the world in their several generations; most humbly beseeching thee to give us grace so to follow the example of their stedfastness in thy faith, and obedience to thy holy commandments, that at the day of the general Resurrection, we, with all those who are of the mystical body of thy Son, may be set on his right hand, and hear that his most joyful voice: Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Grant this, O Father, for the sake of the same, thy Son Jesus Christ, our only Mediator and Advocate. Amen.

Source: The Book of Common Prayer (1928), The Order for the Burial of the Dead. Public domain.