Invitatory

Dear Brethren,
it was the Lord Jesus himself who said,
"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest."
Let us pray, then, for our Father Louis,
that, having lived and died in the Lord,
he may rest now from his labors,
and enter into the light and glory of God's eternal Sabbath Rest.

Almight God, our Father in heaven,
before whom all love who die in the Lord who died for us,
receive our Brother Louis into the courts of your heavenly dwelling place.
He has longed and yearned for your courts, O Lord;
let his heart and soul now ring out his joy
to you, O God, the living God,
the God of those who live!
This we ask through Christ our Lord. Amen.