The English translation of the Psalm Response from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation (ICEL); excerpts from the English translation of Order of Christian Funerals © 1985, ICEL; excerpts from the English translation and chants of The Roman Missal © 2010, ICEL. All rights reserved.
Liturgical texts published with the approval of the Committee on Divine Worship, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Psalm texts taken from The Revised Grail Psalms - Copyright © 2010 Conception Abbey/The Grail, administered by GIA Publications, Inc. 7404 S. Mason Ave., Chicago, IL 60638
Psalm tone and Psalm 27 antiphon, Archdiocese of Omaha Core Repertoire, © 2014, Archdiocese of Omaha. All rights reserved.
Lord of All Hopefulness: Text by Jan Struther, © Oxford Press. Tune: SLANE, Public Domain. Harm. By Erik Routley, © 1985, Hope Publishing.
Vigil for the Deceased
Order of Christian Funerals, nos. 69-81
Vigil for the Deceased
Introductory Rites
Greeting
Opening Song Psalm 121: Our help is from the Lord
All repeat the antiphon after the psalmist, and after each verse
R. Our help is from the Lord
who made heaven and earth.
I lift up my eyes toward the mountains;
whence shall help come to me?
My help is from the Lord,
who made heaven and earth. R.
May he not suffer your foot to slip;
may he slumber not who guards you:
Indeed he neither slumbers nor sleeps,
the guardian of Israel. R.
The Lord is your guardian, the Lord is your shade;
he is beside you at your right hand.
The sun shall not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night. R.
The Lord will guard you from all evil;
he will guard your life.
The Lord will guard your coming and your going,
both now and forever. R.
Invitation to Prayer
Opening Prayer
Liturgy of the Word
First Reading II Corinthians 5:1, 6-10
Responsorial Psalm Psalm 27: Save us, O Lord
All repeat the antiphon after the psalmist, Michael McCabe
and after each verse
Gospel Luke 12:35-40
Homily
Prayer of Intercession
Litany
Please respond, “Lord, have mercy” after each invocation.
The Lord’s Prayer
Presider: Friends, our true home is in heaven. Therefore let us
pray to our heavenly Father as Jesus taught us:
All: Our Father . . .
Concluding Prayer
Concluding Rite
Blessing
Presider: Eternal rest grant unto him/her, O Lord.
All: And let perpetual light shine upon him/her.
Presider: May he/she rest in peace.
All: Amen.
Presider: May his/her soul and the souls of all the faithful
departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
All: Amen.
Concluding Song Lord of All Hopefulness
SLANE