In Masses for the Dead:
V. Requiescant in pace. V. May they rest in peace.
R. Amen.
(At Solemn Mass, Ite, missa est, or Benedicamus Domino is chanted by the deacon.)
Bowing before the altar, the priest says:
May the performance of my homage be pleasing to Thee, O Holy Trinity: and grant that the sacrifice which I, though unworthy, have offered up in the sight of Thy Majesty may be acceptable unto Thee, and may, through Thy mercy, be a propitiation for myself, and all those for whom I have offered it. Amen.
Then he kisses the altar, and raising his eyes, and extending, raising, and joining his hands, he bows his head, and says:
MAY Almighty God bless you: the Father, the Son, ✠ and the Holy Ghost.
R. Amen.
At the word Deus he turns toward the people, and makes the sign of the cross over them. (The Benedic-
