_Alleluia, tone vi._
_Verse._ Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and received, O Lord.
_The gospel from John, section xv._
The Lord saith unto the Jews that came unto him, My Father worketh....
_ending_, but is passed from death unto life.[38]
_Then the deacon._ Let us pray to the Lord.
_And the priest._
We give thanks unto thee, O Lord our God, for thine alone it is to have
immortal life, and inaccessible glory, and unspeakable love to man, and
an uninheritable kingdom, and there is no respect of persons with thee;
for thou hast appointed unto all men a common limit of life, when life
hath been fulfilled. Therefore we beseech thee, O Lord, Rest thy servant,
and our fellow minister, _name_, who hath fallen asleep in hope of the
resurrection of eternal life, in the bosom of Abraham, and Isaac, and
Jacob. And as on earth thou hast appointed him a minister of thy church,
so also declare him at thy heavenly altar, O Lord; and like as thou hast
adorned him with spiritual honour among men, so accept him uncondemned in
angelic glory. Thou thyself hast glorified his life on earth, and do thou
thyself appoint the outgoing of his life to be the ingoing to thy holy
righteous ones; and number his soul among all them that from ages have
been acceptable unto thee.
For thou art the resurrection and the life, and the repose of thy
servant, _name_, who hath fallen asleep, O Christ our God, and to thee we
ascribe glory, with thine unbeginning Father, and with thy most holy, and
good, and life-creating Spirit, now and ever, and to ages of ages. Amen.
_Antiphon ii._
Were not the Lord with us, we none could have withstood the foe’s attack;
for they that overcome are thence lift up.
As a small bird be not my soul caught in their teeth, O Word: woe unto
me! how from the foe shall I be freed, who am a lover of sin.
_Glory._
Through the Holy Ghost divinity comes to all, goodwill and understanding,
peace and blessing; for he is like-effective with the Father and the Word.
_Both now, the same._