 In thanksgiving for those who have died, make it certain that in Christ we are no longer strangers and aliens, but citizens with the saints in the household of God. In your mercy, hear our prayer. Holy God, holy and merciful, into your outstretched arms we commend ourselves and all for whom we pray, trusting in the one who is the way, the truth, and the life, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen.