Mass of Christian Burial for Archbishop Emeritus Philip Wilson DD JCL - Flipbook - Page 18
Prayer after Communion
Archbishop:
May your merciful kindness
which we have implored, O Lord,
benefit the soul of your departed servant
Bishop Philip,
that, by these sacrificial gifts,
he may know the eternal company of Christ,
In whom he hoped and whom he preached.
Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
All:Amen
Rite of Commendation
Led by Archbishop Mark Colerdige, President of the Australian Catholic
Bishops Conference
Invitation to Prayer
Archbishop Coleridge:
Our brother Philip has fallen asleep in Christ.
Confident in our hope of eternal life,
let us commend him to the loving mercy of
our Father and let our prayers go with him.
He was adopted as God’s son in baptism
and was nourished at the table of the Lord;
may he now inherit the promise of eternal
life and take his place at the table of God’s
children in heaven.
Let us pray also on our own behalf,
that we who now mourn and are saddened
may one day go forth with our brother
to meet the Lord of life when he appears in
glory.
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