the assistance and merits of our Lord Jesus Christ who liveth and reigneth with the Father and the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.
If the sick person continues in distress of agony, it may be proper for the assistants to continue in prayer, repeating the preceding prayers, or saying the Penitential Psalms.
When the soul has departed, the following Responsory it to be said:
COME to his [her] assistance, all ye Saints of God; meet him [her], all ye Angels of God; receive his [her] soul, and present it now before its Lord. May Jesus Christ receive him [her], and the Angels conduct him [her] to his [her] place of rest; may they receive his [her] soul, and present it now before its Lord.
V. Eternal rest grant him [her], O Lord! and let perpetual light shine upon him [her]. May the Angels present him [her] now before the Lord.
Lord, have mercy on us
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Our Father, &c.
V. And lead us not into temptation.
R. But deliver us from evil.
V. Eternal rest grant him [her], O Lord!
R. And let perpetual light shine upon him [her]
V. From the gates of hell,
R. Deliver his [her] soul, O Lord!
V. May he [she] rest in peace.
R. Amen.
V. O Lord, hear my prayer;
R. And let my cry come unto thee.
LET US PRAY.
To thee, O Lord, we recommend the soul of thy servant N., that being dead to this world, he [she] may live to thee; and whatever sins he [she] has
