Prayer for the dead is almost a battle with the reality of death and destruction that weighs down upon the earthly existence of man. This is and remains a particular revelation of the Resurrection.
At the beginning of Morning Prayer the Minister shall read with a loud voice some one or more of these ... Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, ...
This is Viaticum, food for the journey. Members of the local Church may wish to join the family in a vigil of prayer. After the person's death, the family is encouraged to continue in prayer ...
We prayed, and I recited the El Malei memorial prayer for the 250,000 Jews who were kidnapped from their homes, brought on trains to the middle of the forest, and gassed to death; their corpses ...