Offertorio

Lord Jesus Christ, glorious King, free the souls of all the faithful dead from punishment in the inferno, and from the deep pit.
Deliver them from the lion’s mouth, lest the abyss swallow them up,
lest they fall into darkness.

But may the standardbearer St. Michael bring them into the holy light,
as once you promised to Abraham and his seed.

Sacrifices and prayers we offer
to you, Lord, with praise.
Receive them for the souls of those whom today we commemorate; make them, Lord,
to pass from death to life,
as once you promised to Abraham and his seed.

[Herbert von Karajan conducts the orchestra and choir of Teatro A La Scala in 1967 with soloists Leontyne Price, Fiorenza Cossotto, Luciano Pavarotti, and Nikolai Ghiaurov.]