VESPERS FUNERAL MASS
and BURIAL SERVICE
for Our Brother among Those Who Sleep in Christ
FATHER LOUIS
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I have always over shadowed Jonas with My mercy ...
Have you had sight of Me , Jonas My child?
Mercy within mercy within mercy .
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Processional Hymn :
AT THE LAMB'S HIGH FEAST WE SING Ad cenam Agni providi 6th/7th c. Tr. Robert Campbell , 1849, alt.
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1- At the Lamb's high feast we sing praise to 2- Where the Pas- chal blood is poured, death's dire
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1- our vie-to- rious King, who hath washed us 2- an- gel sheathes his sword; Is- r'el's hosts tri-
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1- praise we him, whose love di- vine gives his Pas- chal 2- Praise we Christ, whose blood was shed,
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1- sa- cred Blood for wine, gives his Bod-y for the 2- vic-tim, Pas- chal bread; with sin-cer-i-ty and
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3- po.v' rs be- neath thee lie; thou hast con- quered 4- Lamb who died for us. , He who rose , now
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3- in the figh t , thou hast brought us life and 4- lives and reigns! Sing his pr aise, whose name is
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3- light: now no more can death ap- pall, now no 4- Lord. Christ on high, in glo- ry reigns! He shall
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3- par- a- dise, and in thee thy saints shall rise. 4- le- lu- ia! Lord of lords, al- le- lu- ia!
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For the psalmody, two New Testament Canticles are sung, alternated between Schola and the rest of the brethren and the faithful. We are seated for the psalmody, rising for the concluding verse Eternal rest. (no bow) and the antiphon.
Colossians Canticle
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CANTICLE FRa.1 1HE LEITER TO 1HE COLOSSIANS [Col 1, 12- 20
WE render thanks to God the Father, who has made us worthy to snare the lot of the
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He has rescued us from the pa-.r~r of darlmess and trans ferred us into the kingdom-of his beloved
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In whom we have our redeIJl'tion, the ·remissi on 9£ our sEis .
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of ~very creature. -
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things visible and things invisible, ~ whether Thr ones, or Dominatfons , or Principalit ! es,
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All things have been created through and unto hi!n , ~ and he is before all creatures ,
and in him all things n9l d tog~ ther.
Again, he is the head of the body, the Ch~rch; ";" he, who is the beginning, the firs thorn f r<;>m the
[dead , t.hat in all things he may h~ve the f.!_rst place.
For it has pleased God the Father that in him all his fulln~ss should dwell,
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And that through him he should reconcile to him5elf [all things , ~
whether on the earth or in the heavens,- Rise (no bow) . making peace through the blood~f his cross .
ETERNAL rest grant unto htm , 0 L~rd: and let perpetual light shtne up~n him .
Repeat antiphon.
CANTICLE FROM 11-IE APOCALYPSE
Verses by Schola, Refrain by everyone. Alternate refrains as indicated.
Refrain I Refrain II
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Al-le-lu-ia. Al-le-lu -ia.
Salvation and honor belong to our God. For true and just are his judgments. Amen. Praise our God, all you his servants, And you who fear him, the small and the great. For the Lord our God almighty, now reigns!
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Let us be glad and rejoice, and give glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, And his bride prepared herself. Rise (no bow) . ETERNAL res t grant unt o hi m, 0 Lord:
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And l et perpetual light shine upon him. I
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Gl ory to God
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a Glory to God in the high-est. Cantor And on earth
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peace to men of good will. I We praise yo~. II We (;;
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bless you . I We worship you. II We glo-ri-fy you.
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II Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Fa-ther.
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I You, who take a-way the sins of the world, have (;
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mer-cy on us . II You , who take a-way the sins of
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the world, re-ceive our prayer . I You, who sit at & e 0 a e c a e· a c e e
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II For you a-lone are ho-ly. I You a-lone are Lord.
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God the Fa-ther. A - men .
Collect First Reading Jona 1, 1- 2, 2
Responsorial Psalm from Jona's Psalm of Thanksgiving, Jona 2.
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Second Reading Ephesians 1, 3- 19a.
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Gospel Acclamation Chant
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Offertory Procession Chant Sung by Schola
By the waters of Babylon., Mass Book, p . 144, and Praise the Lord, 0 my soul., p.1 71 .
Cistercian Preface-Dialogue
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God . R. It is right and just.
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the name of the Lord . Ho-san-na in the high-est .
Conclusion of Canon
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A - men, A - men, A - men!
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earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our dai-
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At the ccmclusion of our> silent thanksgiving, we stand when Fr. FZavian stands, and sing the Song of Mary with the following antiphon.
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The Song of Mary is alternated between the Schola and the rest of the brethren and our guests .
Song of Mary
MY soul glorifies the Lord, my spirit rejoices in-G9d my S~vior .
He looks on his servant in her nothingness; henceforth all ages wiil qi.ll me blessed.
The Almighty works marvel s for me. Holy }s his n~e ! · -
His mercy is f rom age to age, · on th<?se who fear him. -
He puts forth his ?Tm in strength and scatters th~ proud-hearted.
He casts the mighty fr9rn their thrones and rais~s the 1£_wly.
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He fills the starving with good things, sends the rich ?way ~mpty.-
He protects Isra~l, his servant, r emembering his m~rcy , -
The mercy promised t9 our fathers,
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for Abraham and his s9ns Iorever . Bow for usual doxology .
GI.DRY be to the Father, and tQ the Son , and to the H91Y Spirit .
As it was in the beginning , is now, and ~ver sh~ll be, world without ~nd . Amen .
Repeat antiphon.
After the Prayer after Corrununion, the following replaces the usual Dismissal Verse :
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v. Let us bless the Lord. R. Thanks be to God .
At the beginning of Stanza 3 of the following hymn, the concelebrants return to the sacristy, where they remove their priestly vestments and then return to the transept .
The Hymn is found on the fol lowing page .
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NOW RAISE WE THANKS TO GOD Br. Paul of Gethsemani, 1968 ACH GOTT UND HERR 8 . 7. 8 .7 .
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1- Now raise we thanks to God for men 2- Praise him for men of peace and love 3- Praise we for great in mind and art, 4- Praise we for pro- phe t s , pure in heart
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1- Who in the east and in the west 2- Mio help the weak and lead the strong 3- Whose mu- sic like a might- y wind 4- And praise we for the men whose de ath
f 3 I ~ ~ -p f;t I ~ ~ I ; ~ I 1- De- cl are to men God's mer- cy. 2- To seek the new ere- a- ti on. 3- The souls of men up- lift- ed. 4- Re- veals a fresh be- gin- ning. A - men.
At the aonclusion of t he hymn we sit down until the aonee l ebrants have had t ime to return from the sacris t y . MeartiJ)hile , there will be a brie f organ inter lude from a page of one of Fr. Louis ' f avorite composers - Mozart.
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Sonata in D Major (K.311): 2nd Movement, Andante Concerning Karl Barth and Mozart , Fr. Louis recently wrote : "Each day , for years , Barth played Mozart every morning .. . unconsciously seeking to awaken, perhaps , the hidden sophianic Mozart in himself, the central wisdom that comes in tune t,,i t h the divine and cosmic music and is saved by love ... It is a child, even a divine child, who speaks in Mozart ' s music to us, says Barth .. . Fear not, Karl Barth ! Trust in the divine mercy . Though you have grown up to become a theologian, Christ remains a child in you . Your books (and mine) matter less than we might think ! There is in us a Mozart who will be our salvation."
FINAL STATION IN THE CHURCH Reading of a Text by Fr. Louis We remain seated.
Invitatory Prayer by Fr . Flavian . we stand.
Trisagion Chant during the incensation and sprinkling of the body . The Response is sung 3 t imes :
1- 2nd Cantor 2- Scho l a 3- Everyone
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Final Collect in Church by Fr. Flavian .
PROCESSION TO THE CEMETERY Order of Procession
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Candle r' av ian L AND GUESTS
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The following chants are sung only until the procession has reached the graveside and has arranged itself around the grave .
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I. Verses on Baptism and Resurrection Each verse ends with an Alleluia sung by the Schola, then repeated by all:
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1- All you who have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ, alleluia.
2- Our God has called us out from night into light, his marvelous light, alleluia.
J- Christ, having risen from the dead, dies no more, and we now live in him, alleluia.
4- If we have been made one with him in his death, then we shall rise with him, alleluia.
5- We are God's royal priests, a holy nation, a chosen people, alleluia.
6- The death Christ died, he died to sin once for all, and now he lives to God, alleluia.
II. Psalm 115 The Refrain is sung twice before the psalm, and then after each stanza from the psalm.
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III. Verses from St. John's Gospel Refrain A is sung after odd-numbered verses, Refrain B after even- numbered ones .
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1- Let not your heart be troubled. 2- I go to prepare a place for you. 3- I will take you to myself.
Refrain A B A
4- That where I am, there you also may be. 5- Yet a little while and the world no longer see me. 6- But you see me, for I live and you shall live. 7- You will know that I am in the Father. 8- And you -in me, and I in you. 9- As the Father has l oved me,
10- I also have loved you . 11- You have not chosen me. 12- But I have chosen you. 13- Father, I wil l that where I am, 14- They also whom you have given me may be with me.
STATION AT THE GRAVESIDE
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Blessing of the Grave Fr. Flavian now blesses the grave, and then incenses the body and the grave, and sprinkles them with holy water .
Short Litany The Litany- response is : Hear us, Lord!
Interment While the body is lowered to its final resting place, we listen in silence to the biblical texts read by the Cantor .
When Fr. Flavian casts a handful of earth over the body in the form of a cross, the Schola sings the Antiphon for Psalm 117, which we repeat. We repeat the antiphon after each stanza of the psalm .
C:~ ee aee e re ~c A!'lA a ·1 Ant . God's l ove en-dures for-ev- er!
When the body of our brother has been covered with earth, the Cantor brings the psalmody to an end.
Final Prayers 1- Invitatory Prayer by Pr. FZavian.
2- Three-fold Supplication We kneel (weather permitting) and sing the fol lowing 3 times:
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We rise f or the following:
3- Final Coll ect and Blessing. 4- Concluding Acclamation of the Risen Lord
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LE-LU-IA, AL-LE-LU-IA!
We remain at the graveside until Fr. Flavian and his ministers have left. There is no procession in communi~y back to churah .
BUT look: the valleys shine with promises, And every burning morning is a prophecy of Christ Coming to raise and vindicate Even our sorry flesh.
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Then will your graves, Gethsemani, give Return them to their souls to learn
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The songs and attitudes of glory. Then will creation rise again like gold Clean, from the furnace of your litanies: The beasts and trees shall share your resurrection, And a new world be born from these green tombs .
