Commontide
Father of all, we pray to you for those we love, but see no longer: Grant them your peace; let light perpetual shine upon them; and, in your loving wisdom and almighty power, work in them the good purpose of your perfect will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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A prayer for the departed first attested in the Church of England's Proposed 1928 Prayer Book. Its central phrase, \"let light perpetual shine upon them,\" draws on one of Christianity's oldest burial refrains and asks that God continue to work his purposes in those who have died.