Tue 12 Sep 2006
For Friends Whose Infant Son Has Just Died
Posted by Erin under Family and Friends
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Kyrie, rex genitor ingenite, vera essentia, eleyson.
Kyrie, luminis fons rerumque conditor, eleyson.
Kyrie, qui nos tuæ imaginis signasti specie, eleyson.
Christe, Dei forma humana particeps, eleyson.
Christe, lux oriens per quem sunt omnia, eleyson.
Christe, qui perfecta es sapientia, eleyson.
Kyrie, spiritus vivifice, vitæ vis, eleyson.
Kyrie, utriqusque vapor in quo cuncta, eleyson.
Kyrie, expurgator scelerum et largitor gratitæ; quæsumus propter nostrasoffensas noli nos relinquere, O consolator dolentis animæ, eleyson.
Lord, King and Father unbegotten, True Essence of the Godhead, have mercy on us.
Lord, Fount of light and Creator of all things, have mercy on us.
Lord, Thou who hast signed us with the seal of Thine image, have mercy on us.
Christ, True God and True Man, have mercy on us.
Christ, Rising Sun, through whom are all things, have mercy on us.
Christ, Perfection of Wisdom, have mercy on us.
Lord, vivifying Spirit and power of life, have mercy on us.
Lord, Breath of the Father and the Son, in Whom are all things, have mercy on us.
Lord, Purger of sin and Almoner of grace, we beseech Thee abandon us not because of our Sins,
O Consoler of the sorrowing soul, have mercy on us.
(A middle-ages kyrie and its translation, from the Catholic Encyclopedia.)
Erin, thank you for offering a prayer when there can be no words to suffice.
So sorry to hear of the loss. A couple years ago a friend of mine lost two children before birth and it was very sad. It is so hard when you don’t have any understanding of why. We took a little comfort in a song by Watermark from the cd titled, “All Things New.” The song is #6 called “Glory Baby.” I will be praying also.