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GREETING
Leader:
The grace and peace of
God our Father,
who raised Jesus
from the dead,
be always with you.
All: And with your spirit.
INVITATION TO PRAYER
Leader:
My brothers and sisters,
we believe that
all the ties of
friendship and affection,
which knit us as one
throughout our lives,
do not unravel with death.
Confident that God
always remembers
the good we have done
and forgives our sins,
let us pray,
asking God to gather
our brother/sister (N...) to himself.
OPENING PRAYER
All:
O God, glory of believers
and life of the just,
by the death and
resurrection of your Son,
we are redeemed.
Have mercy on your servant (N...)
and make him/her worthy
to share the joys of paradise,
for he/she believed
in the resurrection of the dead.
We ask this
through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
READING
Reader:
A reading from the
second letter of St Paul
to the Corinthians
(2 Cor 5:1,6-10)
We know that when the tent
we live in on earth is folded up,
there is a house
built by God for us,
an everlasting home
not made by human hands,
in the heavens.
We are always
full of confidence, then,
when we remember that
to live in the body
means to be exiled
from the Lord,
going as we do by faith
and not by sight -
we are full of confidence, I say,
and actually want to be
exiled from the body
and make our home
with the Lord.
Whether we are living
in the body
or exiled from it,
we are intent on pleasing him.
For all the truth about us
will be brought out
in the law-court of Christ,
and each of us will get
what we deserve
for the things we did in the body,
good or bad.
Reader: The Word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM (Ps 23)
Response:
The Lord is my light
and my salvation.
Response:
The Lord is my light
and my salvation.
The Lord is my light
and my help;
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the
stronghold of my life;
before whom shall I shrink?
Response:
The Lord is my light
and my salvation.
There is one thing
I ask of the Lord,
for this I long,
to live in the
house of the Lord,
all the days of my life,
to savour the
sweetness of the Lord,
to behold his temple.
Response:
The Lord is my light
and my salvation.
O Lord, hear my voice
when I call;
have mercy and answer.
It is your face, O Lord,
that I seek,
hide not your face.
Response:
The Lord is my light
and my salvation.
I am sure I shall see
the Lord's goodness
in the land of the living.
Hope in him, hold firm
and take heart.
Hope in the Lord!
Response:
The Lord is my light
and my salvation.
GOSPEL
Leader:
A reading from the holy Gospel
according to Luke (Lk 12:35-40)
Jesus said to his disciples:
"See that you are dressed for action
and have your lamps lit.
Be like men
waiting for their master
to return from the wedding feast,
ready to open the door
as soon as he comes and knocks.
Happy those servants
whom the master finds awake
when he comes. I tell you solemnly,
he will put on an apron,
sit himself down at table
and wait on them.
It may be in the
second watch he comes,
or in the third,
but happy those servants
if he finds them ready.
You may be quite sure of this,
that if the householder had known
at what hour
the burglar would come,
he would not have let anyone
break through the
wall of his house.
You too must stand ready,
because the Son of Man
is coming at an hour
you do not expect."
Leader: The Gospel of the Lord.
All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ
INTERCESSIONS
INTERCESSIONS
Reader:
Brothers and sisters,
Jesus Christ is risen from the dead
and sits at the
right hand of the Father,
where he intercedes for his Church.
Confident that God hears the voices
of those who trust
in the Lord Jesus,
we join our prayers to His.
In baptism,
our brother/sister (N...)
received the light of Christ.
Scatter the darkness now
and lead him/ her
over the waters of death.
Lord, in your mercy.
Response: Hear our prayer.
Our brother/sister (N...)
was nourished at the
table of the Saviour.
Welcome him/her into the halls
of the heavenly banquet.
Lord, in your mercy.
Response: Hear our prayer.
Many friends and members
of our families
have gone before us
and await the kingdom.
Grant them an everlasting home
with your Son.
Lord, in your mercy.
Response: Hear our prayer.
Many people die by violence,
war and famine each day.
Show your mercy
to those who suffer so unjustly
these sins against your love
and gather them to the
eternal kingdom of peace.
Lord, in your mercy.
Response: Hear our prayer.
Those who trusted in the Lord,
now sleep in the Lord.
Give refreshment,
light and peace
to all whose faith is
known to you alone.
Lord, in your mercy.
Response: Hear our prayer.
The family and friends
of our brother/sister (N...)
seek comfort and consolation.
Heal their pain and
dispel the darkness
and doubt that come from grief.
Lord, in your mercy.
Response: Hear our prayer.
We are assembled here
in faith and confidence
to pray for
our brother/sister, (N...).
Strengthen our hope
so that we may live
in the expectation
of your Son's coming.
Lord, in your mercy.
Response: Hear our prayer.
All:
Lord God, giver of peace
and healer of souls,
hear the prayers of the
Redeemer, Jesus Christ,
and the voices of your people
whose lives were purchased
by the blood of the Lamb.
Forgive the sins of all
who sleep in Christ
and grant them
a place in your kingdom.
We ask this through
Christ our Lord.
Amen.
THE LORD'S PRAYER &
THE ANGELIC SALUTATION
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.
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with you.
Blessed are you amongst women
and blessed is the
fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of our death. Amen.
PRAYER FOR THE DEAD
O God, to whom
mercy and forgiveness belong,
hear our prayers
on behalf of your servant (N...)
whom you have
called out of this world;
and because he/she
puts his/her hope
and trust in you,
command that he/she
be carried safely home
to heaven and come to
enjoy your eternal reward.
We ask this through
Christ our Lord. Amen.
PRAYER FOR THE MOURNERS
All:
Lord Jesus, our Redeemer,
you willingly gave yourself
up to death
so that all might be saved
and pass from death to life.
We humbly ask you
to comfort your servants
in their grief and to receive (N...)
into the arms of your mercy.
You alone are the Holy One.
You are mercy itself.
By dying you unlocked the
gates of life
for those who believe in you.
Forgive (N...) his/her sins
and grant him/her
a place of happiness,
light and peace in the kingdom
of your glory forever.
Amen.
CONCLUDING RITE
Leader:
Blessed are those
who have died in the Lord;
let them rest from their labours
for their good deeds go with them.
Eternal rest grant unto (N...) O Lord.
All: And let perpetual light
shine upon him/ her.
Leader: May he/she rest in peace.
All: Amen.
Leader:
May his /her soul
and the souls of
all the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God,
rest in peace.
All: Amen.
Leader:
May the love of God
and the peace of
our Lord Jesus Christ
bless and console us
and gently wipe
every tear from our eyes:
in the name of the Father,
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
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