The Office of the Dead or Office for the Dead (in Latin, Officium Defunctorum) is a prayer cycle of the Canonical Hours in the Catholic Church, Anglican Church and Lutheran Church, said for …

the deadest of the dead. If our hopes in Christ are limited to this life only we are the most pitiable of men. But as it is, Christ is now raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen …

The Office for the Dead is a prayer cycle of the Liturgy of the Hours in the Roman Catholic Church, said for the repose of the soul of a deceased individual or individuals. It is the proper …

Office for the Dead. Pray for the repose of the soul. A prayer cycle of the Liturgy of the Hours in the Roman Catholic Church, said for the repose of the soul of a deceased individual or …

6 days ago · However, what sets the Office for the Dead apart from many other good and pious practices and devotions — the apogee being a Mass said in remembrance of the faithful …

PRACTICE AND OBLIGATION.—The Office of the Dead was composed originally to satisfy private devotion to the dead, and at first had no official character. Even in the eleventh, twelfth, …

Mar 23, 2025 · Jessica Aber, the former federal prosecutor who resigned on the day that President Donald Trump took office for the second time earlier this year, was found dead at …

Let us pray to the all-powerful Father who raised Jesus from the dead and gives new life to our mortal bodies, and say to him: Lord, give us new life in Christ. Father, through baptism we …

Nov 11, 2024 · The Office of the Dead is a section of the Liturgy of the Hours that is used specifically to pray for the souls of the faithful departed on their funeral day, on the anniversary …

The last offices, or laying out, is the procedures performed, usually by a nurse, to the body of a dead person shortly after death has been confirmed. [1] They can vary between hospitals and …