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Rest in peace (R.I.P.), [1] a phrase from the Latin requiescat in pace (Ecclesiastical Latin: [rekwiˈeskat in ˈpatʃe]), is sometimes used in traditional Christian services and prayers, such as in the Catholic, [2] Lutheran, [3] Anglican, and Methodist [4] denominations, to wish the soul of a decedent eternal rest and peace.
Eternal rest, grant unto him/her (them), O L ORD, ℟. And let perpetual light shine upon him/her (them). ℣. May he/she (they) rest in peace. ℟. Amen. The translation used by English-speaking Lutherans is: [4] ℣. Rest eternal grant him/her, O L ORD; ℟. and let light perpetual shine upon him/her. ℣. May he/she rest in peace. ℟. Amen.
give him/her (them) eternal rest, O Lord: From the Christian prayer Eternal Rest, said for the dead. Source of the term requiem, meaning the Mass for the Dead or a musical setting thereof. requiescat in pace (R.I.P.) let him/her rest in peace: Or "may he/she rest in peace". A benediction for the dead. Often inscribed on tombstones or other ...
56. I love you past the moon and beyond the stars. 57. Someone so special can never be forgotten; may your soul rest in peace. 58. The loss is immeasurable, but so is the love left behind.
peace and the good: Motto of St. Francis of Assisi and, consequently, of his monastery in Assisi; understood by Catholics to mean 'Peace and Goodness be with you,' as is similar in the Mass; translated in Italian as pace e bene. pax et justitia: peace and justice: Motto of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: pax et lux: peace and light
And at the last ... raise her/him up to share with all the faithful the endless joy and peace won through the glorious resurrection of Christ our Lord.'" [34] The response for these prayers for the dead in this Lutheran liturgy is the prayer of Eternal Rest: "Rest eternal grant him/her, O Lord; and let light perpetual shine upon him/her". [34]
A Requiem (Latin: rest) or Requiem Mass, also known as Mass for the dead (Latin: Missa pro defunctis) or Mass of the dead (Latin: Missa defunctorum), is a Mass of the Catholic Church offered for the repose of the soul or souls of one or more deceased persons, using a particular form of the Roman Missal.
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.