A prayer for the dead, the dying, and for one who grieves

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  • A prayer card for the dead, to be personalised
  • Prayer for the dead - for someone who has died.
  • Eternal rest prayer.
  • Prayer to rest in peace - for the living
  • A prayer if you are grieving the death of a loved one
  • A prayer after the death of one with whom your relationship was difficult
  • A prayer for someone else grieving a death 


Eternal rest prayer

Prayer card for the dead person,
to be personalised

Eternal rest prayer for the dead

The Eternal Rest prayer is a Christian prayer but often considered to be specifically a short Catholic prayer for the dead.

Many other Christian denominations pray only for those who are grieving, those left behind.

The Eternal Rest prayer is a famous prayer. The other prayers related to death on this page are written by myself. I suggest you adapt them and make them your own.

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Eternal Rest grant unto them O Lord.
And let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace. 
Amen

A prayer to rest in peace - for the living at the time of a death

We don't have to wait until we die to rest in the peace of God's love.

In honour of those in an earthly body and those who have passed, I now say a prayer for myself to rest in peace and for you to do the same.

We can choose to honour the person who has died by using their death to raise our commitment to touching the peace of reality.

Peace is eternal and eternity includes now. 
I choose to rest in peace in this moment of Now.

I choose to believe that on some level we are all resting in peace in this moment of Now.

I honour the one who has died by being willing to know this for myself and for all. 

Amen

A prayer when someone has died - for the grieving

We take a moment to allow our feelings about one we love who was part of our lives and now has died.

We feel bereaved. And ask God to help us in our grief and mourning.

We honour any grief we feel over someone who was with us,
and now feels missing,
and yet lives on in our heart and mind as one we love.

God, bring us peace.
Comfort us in our grief.

We open to receive your comfort and presence.
We are willing to know, or know more deeply, the Love you give that we can never lose. 

Amen. 

A prayer after the death of one with whom your relationship was difficult

The grieving process can be complicated when the person who has died was one with whom your relationship was not easy. 

You may be surprised by your need to pass through the grieving process.

A multitude of feelings may arise. Mixed with grief, there may be anger.
You may be grieving the hope that the relationship would one day improve.

Pray for comfort.

We honour any grief we feel over someone who was with us and is now gone, towards whom our feelings were complex and remain unresolved.

Bring us peace. 

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God, comfort me in my grief.
I open to receive your comfort and presence.
I am willing to know or know more deeply the Love you give that I can never lose. 

Amen. 

Prayer for one who is facing the death of a loved one

This is a prayer for one who is facing the death of a loved one with whom they are able to spend time. 

If you are praying for someone who is not able to be with their loved one, adapt the prayer as needed.

Dear God,

I place in your hands _____ and their loved one ____.

Let them enjoy, even more than usual, the precious time they have together,

and celebrate the happiness they find with each other.

I ask you to guide ______ in their decisions at this time.

I see her/him held within your love, finding surprising strength to take each day as it comes.

I speak peace to the body of ______ (name the one who is facing death) , seeing it filled with the white light that relaxes, cleanses, heals, and brings peace.

I pause to honour our human pain and know that all our pains and joys are held within a greater reality.

Amen

A prayer for someone grieving a death 

We think of one we know for whom the feeling of someone missing whilst still here is often overwhelming.

We join minds to let God’s comfort and presence be received by them

God, comfort them in their grief.
May they receive your comfort and presence.
May they know or know more deeply the Love you give that can never be lost. 

Amen. 

When we embark on finding moving forwards through the challenging situation of the recent death of a loved one, we rely not on our strength, but on a strength we can draw on that is beyond us.

A time of loss reminds us that this is a world in which everything changes. 

We are willing to put our roots down into the one relationship we never lose. 

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And thank you for being here.

With the Love we are,

Katherine

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