God Rest You Merry

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    An agnostic position is one that leaves open the question whether there exists a god or gods, professing to find such a question unanswered or unanswerable. For the atheist, the question has been answered, and in the negative.
    Jaroslav Pelikan (b. 1923)

    May they rest in peace.
    [Requiescant in pace.]
    Missal, The. Order of Mass for the Dead.

    The Missal is book of prayers and rites used to celebrate the Roman Catholic mass during the year.

    A cripple or blind they will ca’ me,
    While we shall be merry and sing.’
    Unknown. The Gaberlunzie Man (l. 79–80)