One Catholic Tradition for the month of November is prayer for the dead – both through our Pious List Masses celebrated in church and special prayer in our families at home. Here are two familiar prayers which it would be good to use;
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let Perpetual Light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.
May their souls, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God rest in peace. Amen.
A lovely custom is also to pay respect and honour to those who have died by making the Sign of the Cross and praying for the one who has died if we pass a Funeral Cortege in the street; often cars will slow or stop to let a Cortege pass, which again is a sign of reverence and respect.
