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will post a quote from a Christian in favor of capital punishment every fortnight.
The Last Rites are the very last prayers and
ministrations given to many Catholics before death. The last rites go by
various names and include different practices in different Catholic traditions.
They may be administered to those awaiting execution, mortally wounded or
terminally ill.
Referring to
executions in The United Kingdom before 1965:
The
Priest, meeting the condemned at the door of his cell, shall walk before him to
the place of execution, and shall say
I am the
resurrection, and the life, saith the Lord; he that believeth in me, though he
were, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never
die.
I know that my Redeemer liveth, and
though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh I shall see God,
whom I shall for myself, and mine eyes behold and not another.
At
the place of execution he shall stand facing the condemned prisoner, and shall
say
Remember
not, Lord, the offenses of this thy servant, and be not angry with him for
ever.
By thine agony and bloody sweat, by
Thy cross and passion, By Thy precious death and burial, by Thy glorious
resurrection and ascension, good Lord, Deliver thy servant.
O Lord God, let the prayer of the
prisoner appointed to die come before Thee.
O Lord, Jesus Christ, Lamb of God,
that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon him and receive his
soul.
When
the drop falls the Priest shall say
Into thy
hands, O Lord we commend the spirit of this Thy servant.
O Lord, we beseech Thee, mercifully
hear our prayers, and spare all who confess their sins unto Thee; that they
whose consciences by sin are accused, by Thy merciful pardon may be absolved;
through Christ our Lord.
Amen
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