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Book of Perpetual Remembrance

Since the earliest centuries of Christianity, when believers would gather in cemeteries and catacombs on the anniversary of the death of their loved ones, to celebrate Mass and pray, the Church has believed that we are united in a communion of saints with those who have gone before us, and that we can help them in the transition, the purification, from this life to the next by our prayers.

A Book of Perpetual Remembrance (below) of deceased parishioners and benefactors is kept in the Chapel of St Joseph (patron of a happy death.)  Since the church is closed, we make the book available here each month, and ask you to remember the deceased in your prayers.

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May the angels lead you into paradise;
may the martyrs come to welcome you
and take you to the Holy City,
the new and eternal Jerusalem.

 

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,
and perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace.  Amen.


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A Prayer from the Dominican Rite of Funerals

O God, for whom all creation lives
and for whom our bodies do not perish in death
but are changed for the better,
we humbly beseech you,
loving and merciful as you are,
that you may graciously wash away
whatever your servant N., our brother (sister)
may have done contrary to your will
by reason of his (her) human weakness.
May you command him (her) to be taken
by the hands of your holy angels
and carried into the bosom of your patriarchs,
that is, Abraham your friend,
Isaac your beloved, and Jacob your chosen one,
where of your faithful ones rejoice in blissful delight,.
and on that great and final day of judgment,
grant that he (she) may receive a portion of that eternal glory
among your saints and your elect,
which no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the human heart conceived,
the glory you have prepared for those who love you.
Through Christ our Lord.
R.   Amen.

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The banner at the top is a detail from the stained glass windows in the church.  The dog is an heraldic symbol of St Dominic. A legend tells that when his mother was pregnant, she dreamed that she gave birth to a dog, with a fiery torch in its mouth.  It ran around the world, setting it on fire. 
There is also an old Latin pun.  "Domini canes" means "dogs of the Lord", while "Dominicani" means "Dominicans".
St Dominic was in fact named after St Dominic of Silos, sometime abbot of a famous Benedictine abbey near our saint's birthplace of Caleruega, Spain.  The name "Dominic" means "the Lord's man."