Kontakion for the Departed
“Give rest, O Christ, to Thy servant with Thy saints, where sorrow and pain are no more, neither sighing, but life everlasting. Thou only art immortal, the Creator and Maker of man; and we are mortal, formed of the earth, and unto earth shall we return. For so Thou didst ordain when Thou createdst me, saying: ‘Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.’ All we go down to the dust; and, weeping o’er the grave, we make our song: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.”
Litany of the Saints
“Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for him. Saint Peter and Saint Paul, pray for him. Saint Francis of Assisi, pray for him. Saint John Chrysostom, pray for him. Saint Gregory the Great, pray for him. All holy men and women, saints of God, pray for him.”
Prayer for Pope Francis
“O Christ our God, who art the Resurrection and the Life, grant rest to the soul of Thy servant, Pope Francis, in a place of light, a place of verdure, a place of repose, whence all sickness, sorrow, and sighing have fled away. Pardon every sin committed by him, in word or deed or thought, for Thou art good and lovest mankind. For there is no man who liveth and sinneth not, and Thou only art without sin; Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Thy word is truth. For Thou art the Resurrection, the Life, and the Repose of Thy departed servant, O Christ our God, and unto Thee do we ascribe glory, together with Thy Father, who is from everlasting, and Thine all-holy, good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever and unto ages of ages.
Amen.”
We pray that the All-Holy Spirit grant the Church Militant solace as His Holiness, Pope Francis, ascends to the Church Triumphant, and we pray that the Father of Light grant His All-Holy Spirit of wisdom on the College of Cardinals to choose a kind, compassionate, wise, and benevolent successor to the throne of Peter.
Memory Eternal!
Your unworthy servant in Christ,
+Cherubim Abu-Seifein Akiiki
