How to Benefit from the Holy Liturgy - Pope Kirillos Scientific Family

is the absence of the sentence, "May their holy blessings be
with us all Amen," in the original liturgy books.
I hope this sentence will be deleted, and the hymn restored to
its original, concise meaning. The Bible advises us saying,
"Do not remove the ancient landmark which your fathers
have set" (Proverbs 22:28).
And the Lord also said, "Stand in the ways and see and ask
for the old paths, where the good way is and walk in it,
then you will find the rest of your souls" (Jeremiah 6:16).
If there is a private Mass for a departed soul, the previous
inaudible Diptych is not mentioned, but this audible one from
the Liturgy of St. Cyril, with the great solemn tune, "And
those and everyone, O Lord whose name we have
mentioned, and those whom we have not mentioned.
Those who are within the thoughts of everyone of us and
those who are not within us and those who have departed
and reposed in the faith of Christ."
Here the priest places one spoonful of incense into the censer
while reciting audibly, in the above mentioned tune, the
names of the departed. The deacon recites the Litany of the
Departed, "Pray for our fathers and brethren who have
departed, may the Lord repose their souls and forgive us
our sins." The congregation respond, "Lord have mercy."
Then the priest prays, in the solemn tune, the first part of the
Litany of the Departed, "Graciously O Lord, repose all
their souls in the embrace of our fathers Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob. Sustain them in green pastures by the waters,
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