Trauer-Album — Yizkor

English translation

Memorial devotion — Yizkor For the father: May God remember the soul of my father and teacher, [name], who has gone to his eternal home. Because I pledge charity on his behalf, may his soul be bound in the bond of life with the souls of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah, and with the other righteous men and women in the Garden of Eden. Let us say: Amen. For the mother: May God remember the soul of my mother and teacher, [name], who has gone to her eternal home. Because I pledge charity on her behalf, may her soul be bound in the bond of life with the souls of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah, and with the other righteous men and women in the Garden of Eden. Let us say: Amen. I remember before You, O Lord my God, the dear and beloved ones who have gone from me into the eternal home. Remember them too in grace and mercy. Let them dwell among the blessed spirits in the world of truth, whose sight You have preserved for the human being after overcoming the cares, trials and disappointments of earthly existence. Let eternal peace, eternal blessedness and eternal rest be their portion. Remember every good deed they performed and every admonishing and devout word they spoke. Let the cares and pain they experienced here below—and above all their death and the faith with which they commended their souls into Your hand—atone for any error they may have committed, for even the devout child of earth does not pass sinlessly through this earthly realm of temptation. May the prayer I send up to You for the salvation of their souls, and the gift I pledge in their memory, be pleasing in Your eyes for the sake of the love that binds me to the departed, which You, Father and source of all love, planted in my heart. Exalt and glorify them and give them a bright, luminous heavenly dwelling in Your kingdom. Amen. And you, my dear and deeply beloved ones, who—as I believe and hope in faith—remain bound to me in love and loyalty even after your departure: graciously forgive me if I have wronged you. Look down upon me in blessing. Pray before God’s throne that He may accompany me with protection and shelter, help and support; purify my heart; and fill me with the resolve to walk on earth in uprightness and justice, in fear of God and love of humanity, so that when the time comes for me too to exchange this life for the eternal one, I may be found worthy to enter among you and be united with you where there is no unrest or desire, illusion or deception, but blessed peace and radiant truth.

Complete English translation of the legible text prepared for the Reichenbach Family Archive. Brackets identify text that is blank, damaged or not securely legible.