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| A Liturgy
of Loving Remembrance...
For ideas on using the Liturgy
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| A Liturgy
of Loving Remembrance...
For ideas on using the Liturgy
click here |
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| Opening Responses | |
| Reader | Jesus said, "I am the living
bread come down from heaven, Anyone who eats of this bread will live forever" |
| ALL | LORD, GIVE US THIS LIVING BREAD AND DRAW US INTO YOUR ETERNAL LIFE. |
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| Reader | Jesus said, "I am the living
water, Whoever drinks of me has a wellspring Welling up to eternal life" |
| ALL | LORD, GIVE US YOUR LIVING WATER LET YOUR LIFE WELL UP IN US DRAWING US TO ETERNAL LIFE. |
| Reader | Jesus said, "I am the Good
Shepherd. The shepherd who lays his life down for his sheep" |
| ALL | LORD, BE OUR GOOD SHEPHERD. WHEN WE WALK THROUGH VALLEYS OF SHADOW – WHEN WE WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF DEATH BE WITH US WITH YOUR CROOK AND YOUR STAFF AND LEAD US TO THE DAWN OF ETERNAL LIFE. |
| Reader | Jesus said, "I am the gate of
the sheepfold All who enter through me will be safe" |
| ALL | LORD, WELCOME US THROUGH YOUR
GATEWAY GUIDE US AND GUARD US AND DRAW US INTO YOUR KEEPING IN ETERNAL LIFE. |
| Reader | Jesus said, "I am the
resurrection and the life, Anyone who believes in me shall live for ever" |
| ALL | LORD, WE BELIEVE, HELP OUR UNBELIEF. HELP US TO SEE IN YOU OUR PROMISE OF RESURRECTION HELP US TO SEE IN YOU OUR PROMISE OF ETERNAL LIFE. |
| Scripture Reading | |
| Suggestions: | Matthew 6: 19-21; 2 Corinthians 4: 6-15 |
| Reflection | |
| This would be an appropriate time to reflect on the life of the person who has died - click here for ideas | |
| Closing Responses | |
| Reader | We have gathered in your name, Lord |
| ALL | BE WITH US IN OUR PARTING |
| Reader | We have prayed for our
brother/sister .....................(name) And for ourselves |
| ALL | CHERISH OUR PRAYER, LORD, COMFORT OUR GRIEVING AND HONOUR OUR REMEMBERING: ENFOLD OUR BROTHER/ SISTER IN YOUR MERCY AND BRING HIM/ HER TO HIS/ HER INHERITANCE OF ETERNAL LIFE |
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| Reader | We have gathered in your name, Lord |
| ALL | BE WITH US IN OUR PARTING. |
| Reader | We have gathered up treasures from
the life of our brother/ sister and place them in your keeping. |
| ALL | HOLD THEM, BLESS THEM, (CONSECRATE THEM); PLACE THEM IN THE ETERNAL TREASURY – FOR YOUR SERVANT TO FIND AS HIS TREASURE LAID UP IN HEAVEN – WHERE NOTHING CAN DESTROY OR DIMINISH FOR ALL IS HELD IN YOUR GRACIOUSNESS AND NOTHING THAT IS GOOD CAN BE LOST. |
| Reader | We have gathered in your name, Lord, |
| ALL | BE WITH US IN OUR PARTING. |
| Reader | We pray for the week ahead: Its joys and its sorrows – For our community And those who will join us in mourning the passing of our brother/ sister ......... |
| ALL | MAY OUR CHURCH AND OUR HEARTS BE
OPEN TO WELCOME IN HOSPITALITY OUR GRIEVING BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND MAY OUR SORROW BE GENTLE AS WE COMMEND OUR BROTHER/ SISTER TO THE TENDERNESS AND THE MERCY OF GOD. |
| Reader | We have gathered in your name, Lord |
| ALL | BE WITH US IN OUR PARTING |
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And so, may God bless us |
| ALL | THE FATHER, THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT |
| Reader | And until we meet again |
| ALL | MAY GOD HOLD US IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND |
| AMEN © 2007 Wellspring |
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