To You, O Lord,
we humbly entrust this family,
so precious in Your sight.
Take them into Your arms
and welcome them 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
forever and ever.
Amen.
Father of mercies and God of all consolation,
You pursue us with untiring love
and dispel the shadow of death
with the bright dawn of light.
Comfort this father in his loss and sorrow.
Be his refuge and strength, O Lord,
and lift him from the depths of grief
into the peace and light of Your Presence.
Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ,
by dying has destroyed our death,
and by rising, restored our life.
Enable us therefore to press on toward him,
so that, after our earthly course is run,
He may reunite us with those we love,
when every tear will be wiped away.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Amen.