have slept and are come to thee, the God and Lord of Spirits, and of all flesh.-Be mindful also, O Lord, of the orthodox Priests, already departed, of the Deacons, and secular persons, &c. who are departed in the true faith, and of those whom each one specifies in his mind. O Lord, God of Spirits and of all flesh; be mindful of all whom we commemorate, who are gone out of this life in the orthodox faith; grant rest to their souls, bodies and spirits ; deliver them from the infinite damnation to come, and make them worthy of that joy which is found in the bosom of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.— Impute not to them their sins. Enter not into judgement with thy servants. Grant them rest, and be propitious, and forgive, O God, the follies and defects of us all, whether done knowingly or through ignorance, &c. Renaud. T. 11. p. 38.
LITURGY OF ALEXANDRIA, G.C.—“Be mindful, O Lord, of our forefathers from the beginning; of every spirit of those who have departed in the faith of Christ, whom we commemorate this day. To the souls of all these, O Sovereign Lord our God, grant repose in thy holy tabernacles-Give rest to their souls, and render them worthy of the kingdom of heaven.” Ibid. p. 150.
LITURGY OF CONSTANTINOPLE, G. C.-“Be mindful of all, O God, who have slept before us, in the hope of the resurrection to eternal life. We pray for the repose and the remission of the soul of thy servant N., in a place of rest, from which grief and lamentation are far removed; and make him to rest where he may see around him the light of thy countenance,” &c. Goar. p. 78.
LITURGY OF Rome, L.C.[1] “Be mindful, also, O Lord,
- ↑ This is the same Liturgy as the “ Sacramentary” of St. Gregory, wha put that of Gelasius into a new form. But before Gelasius, the Church of Rome had a written Liturgy, as appears from the letters of St. Innocent I., St. Celestine, and St. Leo ; which, doubtless, was the basis of the “Sacramentary” of Gelasius, and had been used there, from the first ages of Christianity.
