Requiem Mass Offertory

Here is the hauntingly beautiful Offertory of the Requiem Mass.

Please remember the late Phyllis Bowman, whose Requiem was today, in your prayers as you listen to it.

Offertory

Domine Iesu Christe, Rex gloriæ,

libera animas omnium fidelium defunctorum

de pœnis inferni et de profundo lacu.

Libera eas de ore leonis,

ne absorbeat eas tartarus,

ne cadant in obscurum;

sed signifer sanctus Michael

repræsentet eas in lucem sanctam,

quam olim Abrahæ promisisti et semini eius.

Hostias et preces tibi, Domine,

laudis offerimus;

tu suscipe pro animabus illis,

quarum hodie memoriam facimus.

Fac eas, Domine, de morte transire ad vitam.

Quam olim Abrahæ promisisti et semini eius.

Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory,

free the souls of all the faithful departed

from infernal punishment and the deep pit.

Free them from the mouth of the lion;

do not let Tartarus swallow them,

nor let them fall into darkness;

but may the standard-bearer Saint Michael,

lead them into the holy light

which you once promised to Abraham and his seed.

O Lord, we offer You

sacrifices and prayers of praise;

accept them on behalf of those souls

whom we remember today.

Let them, O Lord, pass over from death to life,

as you once promised to Abraham and his seed.