Be mindful, O Lord, of "Name" and all who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection unto eternal life. Shelter them in a place of brightness, a place of verdure, a place of repose, whence all sickness, sorrow, and sighing have fled away, and where the sight of Your countenance rejoices all Your saints from all ages. Grant them Your kingdom and a portion in Your ineffable and eternal blessings, and the enjoyment of Your unending life. For You are the Resurrection and the Life and the Repose of Your departed servants, O Christ, and to You we ascribe glory, together with Your Father, who is from everlasting, and Your all-holy, good, and life-giving Spirit, now and forever.*
*Please note that prayers for the dead are specifically NOT rejected in the Lutheran Confessions, which assert that such prayers are neither useless nor prohibited. See Apology of the Augsburg Confession, XXIV:94-96.
