Though he wasn't a Catholic preacher, I have a great respect for Billy Graham as a man of faith and an authentic Christian disciple. May he rest in peace, with all the saints in light.
Into thy hands, O merciful Savior, we commend thy servant BILLY GRAHAM, now departed from the body. Acknowledge, we, humbly beseech thee, O Lord, a sheep of thine own fold, a lamb of thine own flock, a sinner of thine own redeeming. Receive him into the arms of thy mercy, into the blessed rest of everlasting peace, and into the glorious company of the saints in light.
O God, whose mercies cannot be numbered: Accept our prayers on
behalf of thy servant BILLY GRAHAM,
and grant him an entrance into the land of light and joy, in the fellowship of
thy saints; through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with
thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Remember thy servant, O Lord, according to the favor which thou
bearest unto thy people; and grant that, increasing in knowledge and love of
thee, he may go from strength to strength in the life of perfect service in thy
heavenly kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Almighty God, we remember this day before thee thy faithful
servant BILLY GRAHAM, and we pray
that, having opened to him the gates of larger life, thou wilt receive him more
and more into thy joyful service, that he may win with thee and all thy
servants everywhere the eternal victory, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Into thy hands, O Lord, we commend thy servant, our dear brother,
as into the hands of a faithful Creator and most merciful Savior, beseeching
thee that he may be precious in thy sight. Wash him, we pray thee, in the blood
of that immaculate Lamb that was slain to take away the sins of the world;
that, whatsoever defilements he may have contracted in the midst of this
earthly life being purged and done away, he may be presented pure and without
spot before thee; through the merits of Jesus Christ thine only Son our Lord.
Amen.
