All Souls Day Daily Prayer

See November Daily Prayer for the opening, closing, and canticle. The antiphons for the canticle are special to the day, however.

Psalm 121

I lift up my eyes to the mountains:
from where shall come my help?
My help shall come from the Lord
who made heaven and earth.

May he never allow you to stumble!
Let him sleep not, your guard.
No, he sleeps not nor slumbers,
Israel's guard.

The Lord is your guard and your shade;
at your right side he stands.
By day the sun shall not smite you
nor the moon in the night.

The Lord will guard you from evil,
he will guard you soul.
The Lord will guard your going and coming
both now and for ever.

Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:55-57

O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and sin gets its sting from the law. But thanks be to God who has given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Intercessions

Jesus, you raised up Lazarus,
raise to eternal life those who have died.
Jesus, you consoled the widow of Naim,
comfort those who mourn.
Jesus, look on those without hope,
grant them faith.

Prayer

Merciful Father,
Grant eternal peace and joy to those who have passed from this life and renew our faith in the resurrection. We ask this through Jesus your Son in union with the Holy Spirit. Amen.