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(All make the Sign of the Cross)
Minister: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.
Minister:
Our brother/ sister (N...)
has gone to his/her rest
in the peace of Christ.
May the Lord now welcome
him/her to the table
of God's children in heaven.
With faith and hope
in eternal life,
let us assist him/her
with our prayers.
Let us pray to the Lord
also for ourselves.
May we who mourn
be reunited one day
with our brother/ sister;
together may we meet
Christ Jesus when he
who is our life appears in glory.
SCRIPTURE VERSE
Minister :
We read in sacred Scripture:
"Our true home is in heaven,
and Jesus Christ whose return
we long for will come
from heaven to save us."
PRAYER BEFORE COMMITTAL
Minister:
Almighty and ever-loving God,
remember the love
with which you graced
your servant (N...) in life.
Receive him/her, we pray,
into the mansions of the saints.
Look with favour
on those who mourn
and comfort them in their loss.
Grant this through Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.
SIGNS OF FAREWELL
(The coffin is now sprinkled with Holy Water.)
COMMITTAL
Minister:
In sure and certain hope
of the resurrection
to eternal life
through our Lord Jesus Christ,
we commend to almighty God
our brother/sister (N ...)
and we commit his/her body
to be cremated
(buried in the earth/
to the deep/
to the elements/
to its resting place):
earth to earth,
ashes to ashes,
dust to dust.
The Lord bless him/her
and keep him/her.
The Lord make his face
shine upon our brother/sister
and be gracious to him/her.
The Lord lift up his countenance
upon our brother/ sister
and grant him/her peace.
INTERCESSIONS
Minister:
For our brother/sister (N...),
let us pray
to our Lord Jesus Christ who said:
"I am the resurrection and the life.
Whosoever believes in me
shall live even in death,
and whoever lives
and believes in me shall never die."
Response: Hear our prayer.
Lord, you consoled
Martha and Mary
in their distress;
draw near to us
who mourn for (N...),
and dry the tears
of those who weep.
Lord, in your mercy.
Response: Hear our prayer.
You wept at the grave
of Lazarus, your friend;
comfort us in our sorrow.
Lord, in your mercy.
Response: Hear our prayer.
You raised the dead to life;
give to our brother/sister (N...)
eternal life.
Lord, in your mercy.
Response: Hear our prayer.
You promised paradise
to the repentant thief;
bring (N...) to the joys of heaven.
Lord, in your mercy.
Response: Hear our prayer.
Our brother/sister (N...)
was washed in baptism
and anointed with the Holy Spirit:
give him/her fellowship
with your saints.
Lord, in your mercy.
Response: Hear our prayer.
He/She was nourished
with your body and blood;
grant him/her a place
at the table
in your heavenly kingdom.
Lord, in your mercy.
Response: Hear our prayer.
Comfort us in our sorrow
at the death of (N...),
let our faith be our consolation
and eternal life our hope.
Lord, in your mercy.
Response: Hear our prayer.
THE LORDS' PRAYER
Minister:
At the Saviour's command
and formed by divine teaching,
we dare to say:
All:
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come,
thy will be done on earth
as it is in heaven.
Give us this day
our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those
who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
CONCLUDING PRAYER
Minister:
Bow your heads
and pray for God's blessings.
Merciful Lord,
you know the anguish
of the sorrowful.
You are attentive
to the prayers of the humble.
Hear your people
who cry out to you
in their need,
and strengthen their hope
in your lasting goodness.
We ask this through
Christ our Lord.
All: Amen.
Minister:
Eternal rest grant unto (N...),
O Lord.
All:
And let perpetual light
shine upon him/her.
Minister:
May he/she rest in peace.
All: Amen.
Minister :
May the peace of God,
which is beyond all understanding,
keep your hearts and minds
in the knowledge and love
of God and of his Son,
our Lord Jesus Christ.
All: Amen.
Minister:
We now deliver
the body of (N...) to you,
O Lord Jesus Christ,
that you may lead him/her
safely to your kingdom
with God the Father almighty.
All: Amen.
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