The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Soul’s Day)

Vau. And my soul is removed far off from peace, I have forgotten good things. ¹⁸Vau. And I said: My end and my hope is perished from the Lord. ¹⁹Zain. Remember my poverty, and transgression, the wormwood, and the gall. ²⁰Zain. I will be mindful and remember, and my soul shall languish within me. ²¹Zain. These things I shall think over in my heart, therefore will I hope. ²²Heth. The mercies of the Lord that we are not consumed: because his commiserations have not failed. ²³Heth. They are new every morning, great is thy faithfulness. ²⁴Heth. The Lord is my portion, said my soul: therefore will I wait for him. ²⁵Teth. The Lord is good to them that hope in him, to the soul that seeketh him. ²⁶Teth. It is good to wait with silence for the salvation of God.

¹Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord: ²Lord, hear my voice. Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication. ³If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities: Lord, who shall stand it. ⁴For with thee there is merciful forgiveness: and by reason of thy law, I have waited for thee, O Lord. My soul hath relied on his word: ⁵My soul hath hoped in the Lord. ⁶From the morning watch even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord. ⁷Because with the Lord there is mercy: and with him plentiful redemption. ⁸And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

℟ My soul hath hoped in the Lord.

Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in me. ²In my Father’s house there are many mansions. If not, I would have told you: because I go to prepare a place for you. ³And if I shall go, and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will take you to myself; that where I am, you also may be. ⁴And whither I go you know, and the way you know. ⁵Thomas saith to him: Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? ⁶Jesus saith to him: I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father, but by me.