Commontide
O eternal Lord God, you hold all souls in life: Shed forth upon your whole Church in Paradise and on earth the bright beams of your light and heavenly comfort; and grant that we, following the good example of those who have loved and served you here and are now at rest, may enter with them into the fullness of your unending joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
BCP 2019, p. 679
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A prayer joining the Church in Paradise and the Church on earth in one communion, asking that the example of the faithful departed lead the living into the same unending joy.