Pope Francis for All Souls' Day Mass says "O God" - "Listen to the prayer that we address to You for all our loved ones who have left this world." at the Cemetery VIDEO

CELEBRATION OF THE HOLY MASS FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED
PRAYER OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS
Laurentino Cemetery in Rome
Saturday, November 2, 2024
On All Souls Day, Nov. 2, Pope Francis visited the Roman Laurentino Cemetery the third largest cemetery in Rome where he offered Mass and prayed for the deceased. According to his custom, Pope Francis visited the third largest in Rome. He celebrated the Mass in an area reserved for deceased children and unborn babies called the “Garden of Angels.”

The Pope arrived shortly before 10.00 a.m. and was welcomed by the Mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri and a group of about 100  faithful. Among them Stefano, a father who lost his daughter Sara in 2021 during pregnancy  who consigned a letter to him. Before the liturgy, the Pope  briefly stopped in front of the  graves and laid a bunch of  white roses on  the stone with the inscription "Garden of Angels." During the Mass Pope Francis didn’t deliver a homily, but prayed silently for a few intense moments._____________________________________

FULL TEXT - Prayer before the Final Blessing
In the visit to the cemetery, the resting place of our deceased brothers and sisters, we renew our faith in Christ who died, was buried and rose again for our salvation. Even mortal bodies will awaken on the last day and those who have fallen asleep in the Lord will be associated with Him in the triumph over death. With this certainty, we raise to the Father our unanimous prayer of suffrage and blessing.

Blessed be You, O God, Father of Our Lord Jesus Christ, who in Your great mercy have regenerated us through the resurrection of Jesus from the dead to a living hope, for an inheritance that does not decay and does not rot (cf. 1 Pt 1:3-4). Listen to the prayer that we address to You for all our loved ones who have left this world. Open the arms of Your mercy and receive them into the glorious assembly of Holy Jerusalem.
Comfort those who are in the pain of separation, with the certainty that the dead live in You and that even the bodies, entrusted to the earth, will one day participate in the paschal victory of Your Son. You, who on the path of the Church have placed, as a luminous sign, the Blessed Virgin Mary, through her intercession sustain our faith, so that no obstacle may make us deviate from the path that leads to You, who are the glory without end. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.

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