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A passage in the New Testament which is seen by some to be a prayer for the dead is found in 2 Timothy 1:16–18, which reads as follows: . May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain, but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found me (the Lord grant to him to find the Lord's mercy on that day); and in how many ...
Prayers in Sickness, and for the Sick; Prayers for the Dead; Requiem Mass, including an English version of the Dies irae; Devotions to the Trinity, including the Athanasian Creed; Devotions to the Holy Ghost; Devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus; Devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary, including the Holy Rosary and Antiphons of the Blessed Virgin
Absolution of the dead is a prayer for or a declaration of absolution of a dead person's sins that takes place at the person's religious funeral. Such prayers are found in the funeral rites of the Catholic Church , [ 1 ] Anglicanism , [ 2 ] and the Eastern Orthodox Church .
Paul's reference to Onesiphorus, along with 2 Maccabees 12:40–46, is cited by Catholics as one of the early examples of prayer for the dead, [6] while some Protestants opposing this practice reject such an interpretation. [7]
In the Roman Catholic Church, the Absoute (or absolution of the dead) is a symbolic ablution of the deceased's body following the Requiem Mass. While specific prayers are said, the coffin is incensed and sprinkled with holy water. The absolution of the dead is only performed in context of the Tridentine Mass.
Saturday of Souls (or Soul Saturday) is a day set aside for the commemoration of the dead within the liturgical year of the Eastern Orthodox, Eastern Lutheran and Byzantine Catholic Churches. [7] Saturday is a traditional day of prayer for the dead, because Christ lay dead in the Tomb on Saturday. [44]
The Church also commends almsgiving, indulgences, and works of penance undertaken on behalf of the dead. The Lutheran cleric Richard Futrell wrote that "The historic practice within the Lutheran Church had prayers for the dead in their Prayer of the Church. For example, if we were to look at a typical Lutheran service during Luther’s lifetime ...
"Libera me" ("Deliver me") is a responsory sung in the Office of the Dead in the Catholic Church, and at the absolution of the dead, a service of prayers for the dead said beside the coffin immediately after the Requiem Mass and before burial. The text asks God to have mercy upon the deceased person at the Last Judgment.