Have mercy, Lord, have mercy,
on our honored dead. We praise you for their lives, for the gift of their courage and service, for their companionship in the company of
fellow soldiers and officers, and for their unique presence in the world.
We mourn them. We salute their sacrifice. We pray for those who grieve for them. Strong Savior, raise them up in strength, in wholeness and beauty,
to share with you the eternal life that you have promised to all who put their trust in you. In the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who died and rose for us, we pray. Amen.
God the King of Glory, in whose hands are the living and the dead: We give you thanks for all those who have laid down their lives in the service of our country. Grant them your mercy and the light of your presence; and give us a sense of your will and purpose, that we may understand that the work you have begun in them will be perfected through Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, in whom all strife is resolved. Amen.