...The Order of Christian Funerals, Continued
THE LORD’S PRAYER
116 Using one of the following invitations, or in similarwords, the minister invites those present to pray the Lord’sPrayer. A With God there is mercy and fullness of redemption; let uspray as Jesus taught us:
B Let us pray for the coming of the kingdom as Jesus taught us:
All:
Our Father …
CONCLUDING PRAYER
117 The minister says one of the following prayers…
A God of faithfulness,
in your wisdom you have called your servant N.out of this world;
release him/her from the bonds of sin,
and welcome him/her into your presence,
so that he/she may enjoy eternal light and peace
and be raised up in glory with all your saints.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
R:Amen.
B Into your hands, O Lord,
we humbly entrust our brother/sister N.In this life you embraced him/her with your tender love;
deliver him/her now from every evil
and bid him/her enter eternal rest.
The old order has passed away:
welcome him/her then into paradise,
where there will be no sorrow, no weeping nor pain,
but the fullness of peace and joy
with your Son and the Holy Spirit
for ever and ever.
R:Amen.
BLESSING
118 The minister says:
Blessed are those who have died in the Lord;
let them rest from their labors for their good deeds
go with them.
A gesture, for example, signing the forehead of the deceasedwith the sign of the cross, may accompany the following words.
Eternal rest grant unto him/her, O Lord.
R:And let perpetual light shine upon him/her.
May he/she rest in peace.
R:Amen.
May his/her soul and the souls of all the faithfuldeparted, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
R:Amen.
A A minister who is a priest or a deacon says:
May the peace of God,
which is beyond understanding,
keep your hearts and minds
in the knowledge and love of God
and his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.
R:Amen.
May almighty God bless you,
The Father, and the Son, + and the Holy Spirit
R:Amen.
B A lay minister invokes God’s blessing and signs himself orherself with the sign of the cross, saying.
May the love of God
and the peace of the 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.
R:Amen.
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