Shine Upon Him

THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD.

V. Libera me, Domine, de V. Deliver me, O Lord, morte «terna, in die ilia tre- from eternal death, in that menda : Quando coeli movendi tremendous day : When the sunt et terra: Dum veneris heavens shall be moved, and judicare saeculum per ignem. the earth : When thou shalt come to judge the world by fire. Whilst the above Responso ry is being sung , the Priest puts incense in the thurible ; and , the Responso ry being ended , a chorister with the first choir says , Kyrie eleison ; and the second choir answers , Christe eleison. Then they all say together , Kyrie eleison. Next, the Priest says in a loud voice , Pater noster, which is said secretly by all : meanwhile he receives from the assistant the asperge of holy water; and having made a profound inclination to the Crucifix opposite him , he goes round the bier , and sprinkles the body of the deceased thrice on each side , viz. at the feet , at the middle, and at the head : then, returning to his place, he receives the thurible from the as- sistant, and in line manner goes round the bier, and incenses the corpse in the same way as he sprinkled it ; or if the place is inconvenient for that purpose , he sprinkles and incenses the corpse standing in his own place : then, returning the thurible to the assistant , he says : Y. Et ne nos inducas in ten- V. And lead us not into tationem. temptation.

R. Sed libera nos a malo.

R. But deliver us from evil.

V. A porta inferi.

V. From the gate of hell.

R. Erue, Domine, animam R. Deliver his soul, O Lord, ejus.

V. Requiescat in pace.

V. May he rest in peace.

R. Amen