Sharing from Father Vannicola
December 31, 2024 - Interment
All Saints Cemetery, Section 3, Row 3, Number 12

Dennis, has gone to his rest, to the peace of Christ.

May the Lord now welcome him to the table of Christ's children in Heaven with faith and hope and Eternal Life.

Let us assist him with our prayers.

Let us pray to the Lord also for ourselves. May we who mourn, be reunited with our brother together wait. May we meet Christ, Jesus, when He who is our life appears in glory. We read in sacred scripture this is the will of the one who sent me, says the Lord, that I should not lose anything of what he gave me, but that I should raise it on the last day. We say a prayer over this blessed place of committal. Our response is blessed is the Lord our God, all praise to you, Lord of all creation. Praise to you holy and living God. We praise and bless you for your mercy. We praise and bless you for your kindness.

Blessed is the Lord our God.
Blessed is the Lord our God.

You sanctify the homes of the living and make holy the places of the dead.

You alone open the gates of righteousness and lead us to the dwellings of the saints.

Blessed is the Lord our God.
Blessed is the Lord our God.

We praise you, our refuge and strength. We bless you, our God and Redeemer. Your praise is always in our hearts and on our lips. We remember the mighty deeds of the covenant.

Blessed is the Lord our God.
Blessed is the Lord our God.

Almighty and ever living God, remember the mercy with which you graced your servant, Dennis, in life, receive him. We pray into the mansions of the saints as we make ready our brothers resting place, but also with favor on those who mourn and comfort them in their loss.

Grant this through Christ, our Lord,
Amen

Ensure in certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life through our Lord, Jesus Christ, we commend to almighty God our brother, Dennis, and commit it.

Commit his body to the ground,
Earth to earth,
ashes to ashes,
dust to dust.

The Lord bless him and keep him. The Lord make his face to shine upon him and be gracious to Him. The Lord, lift up his countenance upon him and give him peace.

For our brother, Dennis. Let us pray to our Lord, Jesus Christ, who said, I am the resurrection and the life whoever believes in me shall live even in death, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die.

Our response is, Lord, have mercy.

Lord, you console Martha and Mary in their distress.
Draw near to us who mourn for Dennis and drive the tears of those who weep.

We pray to the Lord.
Lord have mercy.

You wept at the grave of Lazarus, your friend.
Comfort us in our sorrow.

We pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.

You raise the dead to life,
give to our brother eternal life.

We pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.

You promise paradise to the repentant thief.
Bring us to the joys of heaven.

We pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.

Our brother was washed in baptism and anointed with the Holy Spirit.
Give him fellowship with all your saints.

We pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.

Comfort us in our sorrow at death of Dennis.
Let our faith be our consolation and eternal life, our hope.

We pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.

With longing for the coming of God's kingdom, let us pray as Jesus taught us:
Our Father, who art in heaven. Hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Almighty God, through the death of your Son on the cross, you destroyed our death through his rest in the tomb, you hallowed the graves of all who believe in you.

And through his rising again, you restored us to eternal life.

God of the living and the dead, accept our prayers for those who have died in Christ and are buried with him in the hope of rising again. Since they were true to your name on Earth, let them praise you forever in the joy of heaven, we ask this through Christ, our Lord.

The Lord, be with you. Bow your heads and pray for God's blessing.

Merciful Lord, you know the anguish of the sorrowful. You're attentive to the prayers of the humble. Hear Your people who cry out to you in their need and strengthen their hope and your lasting goodness.

We ask this through Christ, our Lord, Amen.

Eternal rest grant unto him, Oh Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon Him.
May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God,
rest in peace.
Amen.

May the peace of God,
which is beyond all understanding,
keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God and of His Son, our Lord, Jesus Christ, Amen

May almighty God bless you the Father and the Son and The Holy Spirit go in the peace of Christ.