Msgr Pope ping
Myrrh and incense let us take
and a sweet remembrance make
of souls who sleep with the faith
that they will arise.
Who with your true body, Lord,
have received your blood adored;
Impart to these faithful souls
the heavenly prize.
Righteous souls the faith have kept,
with the hope of rising sleep,
Expecting your great reward in Heaven above.
Which has not been seen or heard,
nor to man has it occurred
what God has prepared for those
who yearn for His love.
To your judgment, Lord, arise
those unjust before your eyes,
receiving the punishment
that sin made their due;
but the good shall hear your voice,
and in rising shall rejoice,
receiving a spotless crown
and life ever new.
Abraham expired and slept,
and with sorrow Isaac wept,
because that the dead should rise
was shrouded and dim.
But to Moses God appeared,
saying those who are revered
for justice and holiness, though dead,
live in him.
See the treasure ship with ease,
sailing over stormy seas;
The treasure within her grows;
her treasure is Christ.
This ship is the “Full of Grace”
Through her Jesus joined our race,
to give true life to the dead,
her prayer has sufficed.
Blessed martyrs, tried like gold,
for the holy faith we hold,
resisting the threats of kings
before whom you stood,
You have earned by your great worth,
praise in heaven and on earth;
the false you destroyed with truth,
and evil with good.
We remember those who preached,
all around the world they reached,
apostles and prophets of
the greatest renown;
We remember those who died,
beaten, burned and crucified.
On earth they have won our praise,
in heaven a crown.
We remember now the Church,
fount of all for which men search,
and Mary our Mother and
the Mother of God.
We remember all our dead;
by your precepts they are led;
they died in your hope, O Lord,
please spare them your rod.