The Committal

The Committal – from The Book of Common Prayer

The following anthem is sung or said
In the midst of life we are in death;
of whom may we seek for succour,
but of thee, O Lord,
who for our sins art justly displeased?

Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty,
O holy and most merciful Saviour,
deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death.

Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts;
shut not thy merciful ears to our prayer;
but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty,
O holy and merciful Saviour,
thou most worthy Judge eternal.
Suffer us not, at our last hour,
through any pains of death, to fall from thee.