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Rest eternal grant unto them, O L ORD: ℟. and let light perpetual shine upon them. ℣. May they rest in peace. ℟. Amen. A variation of the prayer said by American Methodist clergy during A Service of Death and Resurrection is: [7] Eternal God, we praise you for the great company of all those who have finished their course in faith and now ...
Rest eternal grant unto them, O Lord: and let light perpetual shine upon them. The responsory is begun by a cantor, who sings the first part of the versicles , and the responses are sung by the choir.
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 ...
When the heavens and the earth shall be moved. O that day, that day of wrath, of sore distress and of all wretchedness, that great and exceeding bitter day. When Thou shalt come to judge the world by fire. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. Deliver me, O Lord, from eternal death in that awful day.
The introitus of the traditional Requiem Mass of the Extraordinary Form of the 1962 Missal in the Catholic Church is loosely based on 2:34–35: "Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them." Several other liturgical prayers are taken from the book.
Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. A hymn, O God, becometh Thee in Zion; and a vow shall be paid to Thee in Jerusalem: hear my prayer; all flesh shall come to Thee. Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
The Mass and its settings draw their name from the introit of the liturgy, which begins with the words Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine (Latin for "Eternal rest grant them, O Lord"), which is cited from 2 Esdras—requiem is the accusative singular form of the Latin noun requies, "rest, repose". [2]
The text (in Latin) is from the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass: Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine, cum sanctis tuis in aeternum, quia pius es. Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine; et lux perpetua luceat eis, which means "May everlasting light shine upon them, O Lord, with thy saints in eternity, for thou art merciful. Grant them eternal rest, O Lord ...