A prayer found on page -12-.
All-powerful God,
who has made human beings
in Your image and likeness,
and has forever engraved our existence
with Your kindness.
You give life and You take it back.
We are like a flower in the field:
we blossom with the sun and water
and we are gone with the wind,
for human life is transient in this world.
You sow life in all the corners of the earth
and You call us unto your heavenly court.
We cry bitterly for our losses.
May the sacred memory of the deceased be our light.
May our silent invocation,
our tears,
our undying memory,
together with the faithful image of our dear one,
accompany us all our days.
O God, in your mercy answer us;
make it possible for our brothers and sisters
who are not with us any more
to rest in the celestial peace.
May the memories of their lives stay with us;
may they be a constant blessing
and an undying heritage.
All-powerful God, Lord of Life and Death,
turn our hearts toward those we love so much.
May their nostalgic and blessed memory
become an incentive to our deeds,
today and always.
Amen.
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