Commontide
The Burial of the Dead — The Prayers of the People
Almighty God, you knit together your elect in one communion and fellowship, in the mystical body of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord: Grant, we pray, to your whole Church in heaven and on earth, your light and peace. Grant that all who have been baptized into Christ's death and resurrection may die to sin and rise to newness of life, that through the grave and gate of death we may pass with him to our joyful resurrection. Grant to us who are still in our pilgrimage, and who walk as yet by faith, that your Holy Spirit may lead us in holiness and righteousness all our days. Grant to your faithful people pardon and peace, that we may be cleansed from all our sins, and serve you in faithful obedience. Grant to all who mourn a sure confidence in your fatherly care, that, casting their grief on you, they may know the consolation of your love. Help us, we pray, in the midst of things we cannot understand, to believe and trust in the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, and the resurrection to life everlasting. Grant us grace to entrust N. to your never-failing love; receive him into the arms of your mercy, and remember him according to the favor which you show to all your people. Grant that, increasing in knowledge and love of you, he may go from strength to strength in the life of perfect service in your heavenly kingdom.
Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.
A litany of intercessions for the burial rite, opening with Thomas Cranmer's 1549 words for All Saints' Day and drawing its baptismal-resurrection petition from the Easter Even collect, before expanding into a fuller series of petitions first assembled for the 1979 US Book of Common Prayer.