Masses for the Dead: Various Prayers for the Dead: For a Deacon
Collect
Grant, we pray, O merciful God,
a share in eternal happiness
to the soul of N., your servant and Deacon,
on whom you bestowed the gift of ministering in your Church.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Prayer over the Offerings
Be gracious, O Lord, to N., your servant and Deacon,
for whose salvation we offer you this sacrifice,
that, as in the flesh he ministered to Christ your Son,
so he may rise up with your faithful servants to everlasting glory.
Through Christ our Lord.
Prayer after Communion
Replenished with these sacred gifts,
we humbly entreat you, O Lord,
graciously to grant through this sacrifice
that N., your servant and Deacon,
whom you called to be among those
who serve your Church,
once freed from the bonds of death,
may receive a share with those who have ministered well,
and enter into your joy.
Through Christ our Lord.