Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses/Hades/100

Annotations
Dominenamine   Bloom has either misheard or deliberately mangled the priest's In nomine Domini (Latin: In the name of the Lord), possibly conflating it with the final syllable of Paddy Dignam's name. In the Roman Rite the Absolution of the Dead was said over the deceased following Requiem Mass and before the burial. Joyce omits Dignam's Requiem (is this artistic licence, or was this an acceptable practice in Dublin in 1904?), but the Absolution begins without preamble with the prayer beginning Non intres .... So it is possible that Bloom is merely improvising.

Non intres in judicium cum servo tuo, Domine.   (Latin) Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O Lord. These are the opening words of the prayer, based on Psalms 143, that begins the Absolution of the Dead:

Et ne nos inducas in tentationem.   (Latin) And lead us not into temptation. These words are taken from the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:13 and Luke 2:4). After the Non Intres, the Absolution of the Dead continues with the responsory Libera Me (Deliver Me) and the Kyrie Eleison (Lord, Have Mercy). The priest then intones aloud the opening two words of the Lord's Prayer: Pater Noster (Our Father). As the following lines are being recited silently, the priest sprinkles the bier with holy water with the aspersorium and incenses the body with the thurible. When he has completed these tasks, the Lord's Prayer is resumed with the following responsory and prayer:

In paradisum.   (Latin) Into Paradise. These are the opening words of the antiphon which the clergy now sing as the coffin is being taken from the mortuary church:

See also Hamlet 5:2:364-365: Good night, sweet prince, And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.