The Vatican has released the order of service ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday in St Peter’s Square.
The booklet, published on the Vatican’s website, is 87 pages long and contains the service in English, Italian and Latin.
There are also sections in several other languages including French and Portuguese.
Thousands of mourners have been queuing to say a final goodbye before the service takes place at 10:00 local time (09:00 BST).
Below is the full English version of the published text.
THE INTRODUCTORY RITES
Entrance Antiphon
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.
Praise is due to you in Sion, O God. To you we pay our vows in Jerusalem.
You who hear our prayer. To you all flesh will come.
Our evil deeds are too heavy for us, but only you can pardon our transgressions.
Blessed the one whom you choose and call to dwell in your courts.
We are filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Peace be with you.
And with your spirit.
Penitential Act
Brethren, let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.
I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, through my fault, through my fault, through my most greivous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.
May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.
Collect
Let us pray.
O God, immortal shepherd of souls, look on your people’s prayers and grant that our servant Pope Francis, who presided over your Church in charity, may, with the flock entrusted to his care, receive from your mercy the reward of a faithful steward.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
THE LITURGY OF THE WORD
First Reading
‘He is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead.’
A reading from the Acts of the Apostles
In those days:
Peter opened his mouth and said:
‘Truly I understand that God shows no partiality,
but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right
is acceptable to him.
As for the word that he sent to Israel,
preaching good news of peace through Jesus Christ –
he is Lord of all –
you yourselves know what happened throughout all Judea,
beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed:
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth
with the Holy Spirit and with power.
He went about doing good
and healing all those who were oppressed by the devil,
for God was with him.
And we are witnesses of all that he did
both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem.
They put him to death by hanging him on a tree,
but God raised him on the third day and caused him to appear,
not to all the people
but to us who had been chosen by God as witnesses,
who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
And he commanded us to preach to the people
and to testify that he is the one appointed by God
to be judge of the living and the dead.
To him all the prophets bear witness
that everyone who believes in him
receives forgiveness of sins through his name’
The word of the lord.
Thanks be to God.
The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
Fresh and green are the pastures where he gives me repose.
Near restful waters he leads me; he revives my soul.
He guides me along the right path, for
the sake of his name.
Though I should walk in the valley of the
shadow of death, no evil would I fear, for you are with me.
Your crook and your staff will give me
comfort.
You have prepared a table before me in the sight of my foes.
My head you have anointed with oil; my
cup is over flowing.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow
me all the days of my life.
In the LORD’s own house shall I dwell for
length of days unending.
Second Reading
He will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body.
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Philippians.
Brothers and sisters,
our citizenship is in heaven, and from it
we await for, the Lord Jesus Christ,
who will transform our lowly body to be
like his glorious body, by the power that
enables him even to subject all things to
himself.
Therefore, my brothers and sisters,
whom I love and long for, my joy and
crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my
beloved.
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Acclamation before the Gospel
This is the will of my Father, says the Lord, everyone who believes in the Son should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
Gospel
Follow me.
The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.
A reading from the holy Gospel according to John.
Glory to you, O Lord.
Jesus showed himself to the disciples, In quel tempo, quando si fu manifesta –
When Jesus had revealed himself to his
disciples and they had finished breakfast,
Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon, son of
John, do you love me more than these?’
He said to him, ‘Yes, Lord; you know
that I love you.’ He said to him, ‘Feed my lambs.’
He said to him a second time, ‘Simon
son of John, do you love me?’ He said
to him, ‘Yes, Lord; you know that I love
you.’ He said to him, ‘Tend my sheep.’
He said to him the third time, ‘Simon,
son of John, do you love me?’ Peter was
grieved because he said to him the third
time, ‘Do you love me?’ and he said to
him, ‘Lord, you know everything; you
know that I love you.’ Jesus said to him,
‘Feed my sheep. Truly, truly, I say to you,
when you were young, you used to dress
yourself and walk wherever you wanted
but when you are old, you will stretch out
your hands, and another will dress you
and carry you where you do not want to
go.’ (This he said to show by what kind of
death he was to glorify God.)
And after saying this he said to him, ‘Fol –
low me.’
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Homily
Universal Prayer or Prayer of the Faithful
Brothers and sisters,
let us pray to God our Father, who today
brings us together to commemorate the
Paschal Mystery of his only-begotten
Son as we celebrate the funeral of the
Pastor of the universal Church. May he
welcome him into his peace and bestow
every blessing upon the Church and the whole world.
Let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, hear our prayer.
For the late Pope Francis, that the Chief
Shepherd, who eternally lives to inter-
cede for us, may welcome him into his
kingdom of light and peace.
Let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, hear our prayer.
For the holy Church of God, that in fidel-
ity to her mandate, she may be, in Christ,
a leaven of renewal in our human family.
Let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, hear our prayer.
For the souls of the deceased Roman Pon-
tiffs and of all those who in the Church
proclaimed the Gospel and exercised the
priestly ministry, that they may come to
share in the heavenly liturgy.
Let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, hear our prayer.
For all the faithful departed, that they
may be granted entrance into the king-
dom of heaven.
Let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, hear our prayer.
For us gathered here, that having cel-
ebrated the sacred mysteries, we may
one day be called by Christ to enter his
glorious kingdom.
Let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, hear our prayer.
God, our salvation, hear us as we make
our prayer in union with the Blessed
Virgin Mary and all the Saints: wel-
come into the assembly of your elect
the soul of your servant and our Pope
Francis, who put his trust in the prayer
of the Church.
Through Christ our Lord.
THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
Offertory Chant
Give light to my eyes lest I fall asleep in
death; lest my enemy say, ‘I have pre-
vailed over him’.
Pray, brethren, that my sacrifice and
yours may be acceptable to God, the
almighty Father.
May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your
hands for the praise and glory of his
name, for our good and the good of all
his holy Church.
Prayer over the Offerings
Look with favour, we pray, O Lord, on
the peaceful offering of your people,
with which we confidently commit to
your mercy the soul of your servant Pope
Francis, and grant, we pray, that, having
been, in the midst of the human family,
an instrument of your charity and peace,
he may merit to delight in the same, for
ever with all your Saints.
Through Christ our Lord.
Eucharistic Prayer III
Preface
The hope of resurrection in Christ
The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.
Lift up your hearts.
We lift them up to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is truly right and just, our duty and
our salvation, always and everywhere
to give you thanks, Lord, holy Father,
almighty and eternal God, through
Christ our lord.
In him the hope of blessed resurrection
has dawned, that those saddened by the
certainty of dying might be consoled
by the promise of immortality to come.
Indeed for your faithful, Lord, life is
changed not ended, and, when this earth-
ly dwelling turns to dust, an eternal dwell-
ing is made ready for them in heaven.
And so, with Angels and Archangels,
with Thrones and Dominions, and with
all the hosts and Powers of heaven, we
sing the hymn of your glory, as without
end we acclaim:
You are indeed Holy, O Lord, and all you
have created rightly gives you praise,
for through your Son our Lord Jesus
Christ, by the power and working of the
Holy Spirit, you give life to all things and
make them holy, and you never cease to
gather a people to yourself, so that from
the rising of the sun to its setting a pure
sacrifice may be offered to your name.
Therefore, O Lord, we humbly implore
you: by the same Spirit graciously make
holy these gifts we have brought to you
for consecration, that they may become
the Body and Blood of your Son our
Lord Jesus Christ, at whose command
we celebrate these mysteries.
For on the night he was betrayed he him-
self took bread, and giving you thanks,
he said the blessing, broke the bread and
gave it to his disciples, saying:
Take this, all of you, and eat of it,
for this is my Body, which will be
given up for you.
In a similar way, when supper was end-
ed, he took the chalice, and giving you
thanks, he said the blessing, and gave the
chalice to his disciples, saying:
Take this, all of you, and drink
from it, for this is the chalice of
my Blood, the Blood of the new
and eternal covenant, which will
be poured out for you and for
many for the forgiveness of sins.
Do this in memory of me.
The mystery of faith.
We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and
profess your Resurrection until you
come again.
Therefore, O Lord, as we celebrate the
memorial of the saving Passion of your
Son, his wondrous Resurrection and
Ascension into heaven, and as we look
forward to his second coming, we offer
you in thanksgiving this holy and living
sacrifice.
Look, we pray, upon the oblation of your
Church and, recognizing the sacrificial
Victim by whose death you willed to
reconcile us to yourself, grant that we,
who are nourished by the Body and
Blood of your Son and filled with his
Holy Spirit, may become on body, one
spirit in Christ.
May he make of us an eternal offering
to you, so that we may obtain an in-
heritance with your elect, especially with
the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother
of God, with blessed Joseph, her Spouse,
with your blessed Apostles and glori-
ous Martyrs, and with all the Saints,
on whose constant intercession in your
presence we rely for unfailing help.
May this Sacrifice of our reconciliation,
we pray, O Lord, advance the peace and
salvation of all the world. Be pleased to
confirm in faith and charity your pil-
Grim Church on earth, with the Order
of Bishops, all the clergy, and the entire
people you have gained for your own.
Listen graciously to the prayers of this
family, whom you have summoned be-
fore you: in your compassion, O merci-
ful Father, gather to yourself all your
children scattered throughout the world.
Remember your servant Pope Francis
whom you have called from this world to
yourself. Grant that he who was united
with your Son in a death like his, may
also be one with him in his Resurrection,
when from the earth he will raise up in
the flesh those who have died, and trans-
form our lowly body after the pattern of
his own glorious body. To our departed
brothers and sisters, too, and to all who
were pleasing to you at their passing
from this life, give kind admittance to
your kingdom. There we hope to enjoy
for ever the fullness of your glory, when
you will wipe away every tear from our
eyes. For seeing you, our God, as you are,
we shall be like you for all the ages and
praise you without end, through Christ
our Lord, through whom you bestow on
the world all that is good.
Through him, and with him, and in him,
O God, almighty Father, in the unity of
the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is
yours, for ever and ever.
THE COMMUNION RITE
At the Saviour’s command and formed
by divine teaching, we dare to say:
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed
by thy name; thy kingdom come, thy will
be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give
us this day our daily bread, and forgive
us our trespasses, as we forgive those
who trespass against us; and lead us not
into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every
evil, graciously grant our peace in our days,
that, by the help of your mercy, we may
be always free from sin and safe from all
distress, as we await the blessed hope and
the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ.
For the kingdom, the power and the
glory are yours now and for ever.
Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your Apos-
tles: Peace I leave you, my peace I give
you, look not on our sins, but on the faith
of your Church, and graciously grant her
peace and unity in accordance with your
will.
Who live and reign for ever and ever.
The peace of the Lord be with you always.
And with your spirit.
Let us offer each other the sign of peace.
Behold the Lamb of God, behold him
who takes away the sins of the world
Blessed are those called to the supper of
the Lamb.
Lord, I am not worthy that you should
enter under my roof, but only say the
word and my soul shall be healed.
Communion Antiphon
Let perpetual light shine upon him, with
your Saints for ever, foy you are merci-
ful.
Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD;
LORD, hear my voice!
O let your ears be attentive to the sound
of my pleadings.
If you O LORD, should mark iniquities,
LORD, who could stand?
But with you is found forgiveness, that
You may be revered.
I long for you, O LORD, my soul longs for
his word.
My soul awaits the LORD more than
watchmen for daybreak
More than watchmen for daybreak, let Is-
rael hope for the LORD.
For with the LORD there is mercy, in him
is plentiful redemption
It is he who will redeem Israel from all
its iniquities.
Like the deer that yearns for running
streams, so my soul is yearning for you,
my God. My soul is thirsting for God,
the living God; when can I enter and
appear before the face of God? My tears
have become my bread, by night, by day,
as I hear it said all the day long: ‘Where
is your God?’
Prayer after Communion
Let us pray.
As we come to the table of your eternal
banquet, we humbly beg your mercy,
Lord, for the soul of your departed serv-
ant Pope Francis, that he may rejoice at
last in possession of the truth in which
he faithfully confirmed your people.
Through Christ our Lord.
FINAL COMMENDATION AND FAREWELL
Introduction
Dear brothers and sisters, let us com-
mend to God’s tender mercy the soul
of Pope Francis, Bishop of the Catholic
Church, who confirmed his brothers and
sisters in the faith of the resurrection.
Let us pray to God our Father through
Jesus Christ and in the Holy Spirit; may
he deliver him from death, welcome
him to eternal peace and raise up him
on the last day.
Through the intercession of the Blessed
Virgin Mary, Queen of Apostles and
Protectress of the Roman people, may
God reveal to our Pope the face of his
beloved Son and console the Church
with the light of the resurrection.
Prayer of the Church in Rome
Holy Mary,
Pray for him.
Holy Mother of God…
Mother of the Church…
Protectress of the Roman People…
Saint Michael, Saint Gabriel
and Saint Raphael, pray for him.
All holy Angels…
Saint John the Baptist…
Saint Joseph…
All holy Patriarchs and Prophets…
Saint Peter and Saint Paul…
Saint Andrew…
Saint John and Saint James…
Saint Matthew…
Saint Matthias…
Saint Luke…
Saint Mark…
All holy apostles and evangelists…
Saint Barnabas…
Saint Mary Magdalene…
All holy disciples of the Lord…
Saint Clement (I)…
Saint Callistus (I)…
Saint Pontian…
Saint Fabian…
Saint Cornelius…
Saint Sixtus (II)…
Saint Sylvester (I)…
Saint Damasus (I)…
Saint John (I)…
Saint Martin (I)…
Saint Leo the Great…
Saint Gregory the Great…
Saint Gregory (VII)…
Saint Pius (V)…
Saint Pius (X)…
Saint John (XXIII)…
Saint Paul (VI)…
Saint John Paul (II)…
All holy Roman Pontiffs…
Saint Stephen…
Holy First Martyrs
of the Holy Roman Church…
Saint Ignatius of Antioch…
Saint Justin and Saint Apollonius…
Saint Hippolytus…
Saint Tarcisius…
Saint Lawrence…
Saint Sebastian…
Saint Perpetua and Saint Felicity…
Saint Sabina…
Saint Agnes…
Saint Cecilia…
Saint Eugenia…
Saint Maria (Goretti)…
All martyrs of Christ…
Saint Ambrose…
Saint Jerome…
Saint Augustine…
Saint Athanasius…
Saint Basil
and Saint Gregory of Nazianzus…
Saint John Chrysostom…
Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius…
Saint Bernard…
Saint Charles (Borromeo)…
Saint Catherine of Siena…
Saint Teresa of Jesus…
Saint Benedict…
Saint Francis and Saint Dominic…
Saint Ignatius of Loyola…
Saint Francis (Xavier)…
Saint Philip (Neri)…
Saint Gaspar (del Bufalo)…
Saint Vincent (Pallotti)…
Saint John Mary (Vianney)…
Saint Frances of Rome…
Saint Paula…
Saint Marcella…
All holy men and women,
saints of God…
Christ, hear us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
O God, faithful rewarder of souls, grant
that your departed servant and our
Bishop, Pope Francis, whom you made
successor of Peter and shepherd of your
Church, may happily enjoy for ever in
your presence in heaven the mysteries
of your grace and compassion, which he
faithfully ministered on earth.
Through Christ our Lord.
Prayer of the Eastern Churches
(from the Funeral Office
of the Byzantine Liturgy)
God of our salvation, grant rest to the
soul of your servant. Lover of mankind,
lead him, with the souls of the just, to the
blessings of eternal life in your presence.
Guide the soul of your servant to the
place of your rest, Lord, where your
Saints repose, you who alone are im-
mortal.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit.
You are our Saviour, our God, who de-
scended into hell and freed those im-
prisoned there from its pains; now grant
repose to the soul of your servant.
As it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever shall be. Amen.
May the Blessed Virgin Mary, most pure
and immaculate, who without loss to her
virginity became the Mother of God,
pray for the salvation of the soul of your
servant.
Have mercy on us, O God, in your great
kindness; we beseech you, hear us and be
merciful.
Lord, have mercy.
Again, let us pray for the repose of the
soul of this departed servant of God
Francis, Bishop, that he may be forgiven
his every sin and failing.
Lord, have mercy.
May the Lord God lead his soul to the
resting place of the righteous. Let us ask
Christ, our immortal King and God,
to bestow on him the divine mercy, the
kingdom of heaven, and the forgiveness
of his sins.
Hear us, Lord.
Let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.
God of souls and of all flesh, who tram-
pled death underfoot, vanquished the
devil and gave life to the world, grant re-
pose to the soul of your departed Servant
Francis, Bishop, in a place of light and
joy, a verdant place, a place of blessed-
ness, where suffering, pain and sorrow
are no more.
Forgive every sin he committed in
thought, word or deed, for you are a gra-
cious God and a friend to mankind. No
one who lives is without sin; you alone
are sinless, your righteousness is eternal
and your word is truth.
For you, O Christ our God, are the res-
urrection, the life and the repose of your
Servant Francis, Bishop, who has fallen
asleep. We give you glory, with your
eternal Father and your Holy Spirit,
who is gracious and the giver of life, now
and forever.
Amen.
May your remembrance be eternal, dear
brother, worthy of blessedness, never to
be forgotten.
Amen.
I know that my Redeemer lives: on the
last day I shall rise again.
And in my flesh I shall see God my
saviour.
I shall see him myself, face to face and
my own eyes shall behold him.
And in my flesh I shall see God my
saviour.
Within my heart this hope I cherish:
That in my flesh I shall see God
my saviour.
Gracious Father, we commend to your
mercy our Pope Francis whom you
made Successor of Peter and Shepherd
of the Church, a fearless preacher of
your Word and a faithful minister of the
divine mysteries.
Welcome him, we pray, into your heav-
enly dwelling place, to enjoy eternal glo-
ry with all your chosen ones. We give you
thanks, Lord, for all the blessings that in
your goodness you bestowed upon him
for the good of your people.
Grant us the comfort of faith and the
strength of hope.
To you Father, source of life, through
Christ, the conqueror of death, in the
life-giving Spirit, be all honour and glo-
ry for ever and ever.
Antiphons
May the angels lead you into paradise;
may the martyrs come and welcome you
and take you to the holy city, the new and
eternal Jerusalem.
May choirs of angels welcome you and
with Lazarus, who is poor no longer,
may you have eternal rest.
Canticle of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lk 1: 46-55
My soul magnifies the Lord,
and my spirit rejoices in God my Sav-
iour,
for he has looked on the humble estate of
his servant. For behold, from now on all
generations will call me blessed;
for he who is mighty has done great
things for me, and holy is his name.
And his mercy is for those who fear him from
generation to generation.
He has shown strength with his arm; he
has scattered the proud in the thoughts
of their hearts;
he has brought down the mighty from
their thrones and exalted those of hum-
ble estate;
he has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.
He has helped his servant Israel, in re-
membrance of his mercy,
as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham
and to his offspring for ever.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and
to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever shall be, world without end. Amen.