Blessed saints, who at the glorious resurrection of our Saviour, were translated from Limbo to the visible presence of God, _Pray for the souls of the faithful departed._ Blessed apostles, who at the last day shall sit to judge the twelve tribes of Israel, _Pray for the souls of the faithful departed._ Blessed disciples of our Lord, who followed his steps in the narrow paths to perfection, _Pray for the souls of the faithful departed._ Blessed martyrs, who passed through the sea of your own blood, entering immediately into the land of promise, _Pray for the souls of the faithful departed._ Blessed confessors, who despised the vanity of the earth, and placed your affections on the joys of heaven, _Pray for the souls of the faithful departed._ Blessed virgins, who, with your lighted lamps, awaited the coming of the heavenly spouse, _Pray for the souls of the faithful departed._ O holy saints, who, being freed from all irregular attachment to creatures, were perfectly fitted for an immediate union with your Creator, _Pray for the souls of the faithful departed._ Be merciful, O Lord, and pardon their sins. Be merciful, O Lord, and hear their prayers. From the shades of death, where the light of thy countenance shineth not, _Deliver them, O Lord._ From the evils to which immortification in this world must expose them in the other, _Deliver them, O Lord._ From thy displeasure, provoked by negligence and ingratitude, _Deliver them, O Lord._ From the pains of purgatory, so justly inflicted upon unexpiated sins, _Deliver them, O Lord._ {318} From the torments of purgatory, incomparably greater than the bitterest anguish of this life, _Deliver them, O Lord._ By the multitude of thy mercies, ever compassionate to human frailties, _Deliver them, O Lord._ By the virtue of thy cross, whereon thou reconciledst the world to thy Father, _Deliver them, O Lord._ By thy victorious descent into hell, to break the chains of death, _Deliver them, O Lord._ By thy glorious resurrection from the tomb, to open the kingdom of heaven, _Deliver them, O Lord._ By thy triumphant ascension into heaven, to lead captivity captive, _Deliver them, O Lord._ By thy dread coming to judge the world, _Deliver them, O Lord._ We sinners, _Beseech thee to hear us._ That it please thee to hasten the day when thy faithful shall be delivered from the mansions of sorrow, _We Beseech thee to hear us._ That it please thee to shorten the time of their expiation, and to admit them speedily into thy heavenly sanctuary, _We Beseech thee to hear us._ That it please thee through the prayers and good works performed in thy church, to receive them into thy eternal tabernacles, _We Beseech thee to hear us._ That it please thee to accept, in atonement for their sins, the infinite value of thy unbloody sacrifice, _We Beseech thee to hear us._