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It was a sudden parting,
Too bitter to forget,
Those who loved you dearly,
Are the ones who can't forget.
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We often sit and think of you,
And think of how you died;
To think you could not say goodbye
Before you closed your eyes.
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Your life was one of kindly deeds,
A helping hand for others needs,
Sincere and true in heart and mind,
Beautiful memories left behind.
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The blow was hard, the shock severe,
To part with one we loved so dear
Our loss is great, we'll not complain
But trust in God to meet again.
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Two tired eyes are sleeping,
Two willing hands are still,
The one who worked so hard for us,
Is resting at God's will.
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Our family chain is broken,
Nothing seems the same,
But as God calls us one by one
The links shall join again.
The Lord is my shepherd,
I'll not want,
He makes me down to lie,
In pastures green he leadeth me,
The quiet waters by.
My soul he doth restore again,
And me to walk doth make.
Within the path of righteousness,
E'en for his own name's sake.
Yea though I walk in
death's dark vale,
Yet will I fear none ill,
For thou art with me and thy rod
And staff me comfort still.
Goodness and mercy all my life,
Shall surely follow me,
And in God's house
for evermore,
My dwelling place shall be.
Verse 13
Verse 14
St. Padre Pio
O Jesus, full of grace and charity,
victim for sinners, so impelled by love
for us that you willed to die on the
cross, I humbly beseech you to glorify
in heaven and on earth the Servant
of God, St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina,
who generously participated in Your
sufferings, who loved Thee so
much and laboured so faithfully
for the glory of
Your heavenly Father and for the good
of souls. With confidence, I beseech
Thee to grant me through
his intercession, the grace of ...
which I ardently desire.
Glory be to the Father. . . (Three times.)
We hold you close
within our hearts
and there you shall
remain.
To walk with us
throughout our lives
until we meet again.
So rest in peace
dear Mother,
and thanks for all
you’ve done.
We pray that God
has given you
the crown you've
truly won.
Verse 16
Verse 17
Death is nothing at all - I have only
slipped away into the next room.
Whatever we were to each other,
that we are still. Call me by my old
familiar name, speak to me in the
easy way which you always used.
Laugh as we always laughed at the
little jokes we enjoyed together. Play,
smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be the household
word that it always was. Let it be
spoken without effort. Life means
all that it ever meant. It is the same
as it ever was; there is absolutely
unbroken continuity. Why should
I be out of your mind because I am
out of your sight? I am but waiting
for you, for an interval, somewhere
very near just around the corner. All
is well. Nothing is past; nothing is
lost. One brief moment and all will
be as it was before - only better,
infinitely happier and forever we will all be one together with Christ.
Verse 15
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary
that never was it known that anyone
who fled to Thy protection, implored
Thy help or sought Thy intercession,
was left unaided. Inspired by this
confidence I fly unto Thee,
O Virgin of Virgins, my Mother;
to Thee do I come, before Thee
I kneel sinful and sorrowful. O Mother
of the Word incarnate, despise not
my petitions, but in Thy clemency hear
and answer me. Amen.
Prayer for the Holy Souls
in Purgatory
O God, the Creator and Redeemer
of all the faithful grant, to the souls of
Thy servants departed, the full remission
of their sins, that through the pious
applications they may obtain the pardon
which they have always desired.
Who livest and reignest world
without end. Amen.
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