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RECOMMENDATION OF A DEPARTING SOUL.

The Priest, vested in surplice and violet stole, enters the room of the dying person, saying:

PAX huic domui.

PEACE be unto this house.

R. Et omnibus habitantibus in ea.

R. And unto all who dwell therein.

He then sprinkles the dying person, the chamber, and the bystanders, with holy water in the form of a cross, saying the Asperges as at p. 112. He next presents a crucifix to the dying person to be kissed, and exhorts him to look forward to everlasting life; leaving the crucifix before him, that, beholding it, he may be encouraged to hope for eternal salvation. Then, having lighted a candle, the Priest kneels, and with the bystanders devoutly recites the Shorter Litany, as follows:

THE LITANY FOR THE DYING.

KYRIE eleison.
Christe eleison.
Kyrie eleison.
Sancta Maria, Ora pro eo.
Omnes sancti Angeli et Archangeli, Orate, etc.
Sancte Abel,
Omnis chorus Justorum,
Sancte Abraham,
Sancte Joannes Baptista,
Sancte Joseph,
Omnes sancti Patriarchæ et Prophetæ, Orate., etc.

LORD, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Holy Mary, Pray for him.
All ye holy Angels and Archangels,
Holy Abel,
All ye Choirs of the Just,
Holy Abraham,
St. John the Baptist,
St. Joseph,
All ye holy Patriarchs and Prophets,