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Parents about deceased children

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Lord Jesus Christ, our God, Lord of life and death, Comforter of the afflicted! With a contrite and tender heart I run to You and pray to You: remember. Lord, in Your Kingdom of Your departed servant (your servant), my child (name), and create for him (her) eternal memory. You, Lord of life and death, have given me this child. It was your good and wise will to take it away from me. Blessed be Thy name, Lord. I pray to You, Judge of heaven and earth, with Your endless love for us sinners, to forgive my departed child all his sins, voluntary and involuntary, in a word, even deed, also knowledge and ignorance. Forgive, O Merciful One, our parental sins, so that they may not remain on our children: for we have sinned many times before You, we have not kept many, we have not done as He commanded. You are for us. Even if our deceased child, ours or our own, for the sake of guilt, lived in this life, working for the world and his flesh, and no more for You, the Lord and your God: if you have loved the charms this world, and not more than Thy Word and Thy commandments, and even indulgence in worldly pleasures, and not more than contrition for one’s sins, and in intemperance vigil, fasting and prayer consigned to oblivion - I earnestly pray to You, forgive, most good Father, all such sins of my child, forgive and weaken, even if you have done other evil in this life. Christ Jesus! You raised up the daughter of Jairus through the faith and prayer of her father. You healed the daughter of the Canaanite wife through faith and the request of her mother: hear my prayer, and do not despise my prayer for my child. Forgive, Lord, forgive all his sins and, having forgiven and cleansed his soul, remove eternal torment and make peace with all Your saints, who have pleased You from all eternity, where there is no illness, nor sorrow, nor sighing, but life without end: for there is no man who will live and not sin, but You are the only one besides all sin: and always judge the world, my child will hear your exalted voice: come, you blessed of my Father, and inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For You are the Father of mercies and generosity. You live and our resurrection, and we send glory to You with the Father and the Holy Spirit, now and ever and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

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