Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

Updated: October 19th, 2016 This is still a highly sought topic even though I have posted links several times. Please click here to find the entire Mass for the Dead according to the 1962 Missal . Other or additional prayers can be found here , and here , and here at Fisheaters . The best resource may be the first link which contains the entire Requiem Mass, absolution and blessings . Hope this helps...

Fr. John Zuhlsdorf catechizes all of us when he reminds us that funerals involve praying for the dead . Please read his post today. It clears up many misconceptions that have crept into our consciousness. Also, Fisheaters has a list of prayers that are appropriate . The days when priests would say as many Masses as possible on All Souls Day are long gone. I recall when all three altars--yes, we had three--were being used to say Mass for the souls in Purgatory.

A visitor from afar searched for Latin prayers for the dead. In the Raccolta I have (dated 30 May, 1951), there are sundry short prayers including the "Dies Irae." The Fisheaters site has an extensive page on Catholic funerals and the full liturgy. This page has a portion dedicated to the burial and its prayers which are abbreviated. The familiar prayer at the gravesite is given here: Réquiem æternam dona ei, Dómine. Eternal rest grant unto him (her), O Lord. Et lux perpétua lúceat ei. And let perpetual light shine upon him (her). Requiéscat in pace. May he (she) rest in peace. Amen. Amen. Anima ejus, et ánimæ ómnium fidélium defunctórum, per misericórdiam Dei requiéscant in pace. May his (her) soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.