INTRODUCTORY RITES
Priest: May the Father of mercies, the God of all consolation, be with you.

All: And with your spirit.

ENTRANCE PROCESSION
Hymn no 691: The Day thou gavest

Book of the Gospels
Priest: In life Maureen cherished the Gospel of Christ. May Christ now greet her with these words of eternal life:
All: Come, blessed my Father!

Cross

Priest: In baptism Maureen received the sign of the Cross.
All: May she now share in Christ’s victory over sin and death.

Rosary Beads
Priest: In life Maureen prayed the mystery of Christ through the Rosary.
All: May Christ now welcome her to the throne of grace.

COLLECT
Priest: Almighty God and Father, it is our certain faith that your Son, who died on the Cross, was raised from the dead, the first-fruits of all who have fallen asleep. Grant that through this mystery your servant Maureen, who has gone to her rest in Christ, may share in the joy of his resurrection.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

All: Amen.

LITURGY OF THE WORD

FIRST READING (please sit) Read by Philippa Alonzo
A Reading from Proverbs Chapter 3: Verses 18

The word of the Lord.
All: Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Read by Emma Scarborough
Reader: The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want
All: The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (sung; please stand)
All: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
Cantor: sings the verse
All: Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!

GOSPEL
Priest: The Lord be with you.
All: And with your spirit.
Priest: A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew (5: 1-12)
All: Glory to you, O Lord.
Priest: The Gospel of the Lord.
All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ!

HOMILY (please sit)

PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL/GENERAL INTERCESSIONS (please stand) by Sarah Bradley

All: Lord, hear our prayer
Priest:
All: Amen.

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

PRESENTATION OF OFFERINGS

Pie Jesu – Sung by Mary Hannaford Evans

INVITATION TO PRAYER
Priest: Pray, brethren (brothers and sisters), that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father. (please stand)
All: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church.

PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS
Priest: As we humbly present to you these sacrificial offerings, O Lord, for the salvation of your servant Maureen, we beseech your mercy, that she, who did not doubt your Son to be a loving Saviour, may find in him a merciful Judge. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
All: Amen.

HOLY, HOLY, HOLY – CHOIR

Please kneel

MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION
All: We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again

AMEN

COMMUNION RITE

THE LORD’S PRAYER

RITE OF PEACE

Priest: The peace of the Lord be with you always.

All: And with your spirit.

Lamb of God

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, grant us peace. (please kneel)

COMMUNION PROCESSIONAL HYMN

Choir – Ave Verum: Mozart

Choir – Hymn no 288: I watch the Sunrise

COMMUNION ANTIPHON
All: Let perpetual light shine upon them, with your Saints for ever, for you are merciful. Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them, with your Saints for ever, for you are merciful.

Hymn no 72: Be Still

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION (please stand)
Priest: Lord God, whose Son left us, in the Sacrament of his Body, food for the journey, mercifully grant that, strengthened by it, our sister Maureen may come to the eternal table of Christ. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
All: Amen.

FINAL COMMENDATION

WORDS OF REMEMBRANCE (please sit) Philip Riley

INVITATION TO PRAYER (please stand)

SIGNS OF FAREWELL

(incensing of the ashes)

PRAYER OF COMMENDATION
All: Amen!

RECESSIONAL HYMN
Hymn no 386: Lord of all Hopefulness