we now move to the prayer of the faithful. brothers and sisters, let us pray to god our father and his mercy has given us rebirth to a living home flew the resurrection of jesus from the dead. the response is, let us pray to the lord. we pray in german. for pope emeritus, benedict, may the eternal shepard receive him into his kingdom of light and peace. we pray in french. translator: for our holy father, pope francis, and for all the pastors of the church, may they proclaim fearlessly in word and deed christ s victory over evil and death. we pray in arabic. for leaders of nation and international organizations, may they strive to promote justice and peace with wisdom and foresight. we pray in portuguese. for our brothers and sisters in need. may god s love open our hearts to compassion and concern for the poor and for the least of our brothers and sisters. and we pray in italian. for us gathered to celebrate the defeat of death by the triumph of the lord jes
the last chant here, the canticles of canticles, you might say, that our lady sang out on her visitation to her cousin elizabeth, a canticle used every evening, fitting that our lady would have the final word here. the pallbearers lift the coffin. they ll carry it through what is known as the door of death to the left side of the main altar