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God will show us the path of
life; in his presence is the fullness of joy: at his right
hand there is pleasure for evermore.
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cf Psalm 16.10
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God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in
trouble. |
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Psalm 46.1
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Out of the depths have I cried
to you, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice;
let your ears consider well the voice of my
supplications. |
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cf Psalm 130.1
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I know that my Redeemer lives,
and that at the last he will stand upon the earth; and
after my skin has been destroyed, then in my flesh I shall
see God, whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall
behold, and not another. |
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Job 19.25-27
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As they came from their mother's
womb, so they shall go again, naked as they came; they
shall take nothing for their toil, which they may carry
away with their hands. This also is a grievous ill: just as
they came, so shall they go; and what gain do they have
from toiling for the
wind? |
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Ecclesiastes 5.15,16
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The steadfast love of the Lord
never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are
new every morning; great is his
faithfulness. |
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Lamentations 3.22,23
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Blessed are those who mourn, for
they will be
comforted. |
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Matthew 5.4
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The king will say to those at
his right hand, 'Come, you that are blessed by my Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of
the
world.' |
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Matthew 25.34
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Jesus said, 'Truly I tell you,
today you will be with me in
Paradise.' |
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Luke 23.43
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God so loved the world that he
gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may
not perish but may have eternal
life. |
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John 3.16
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This is indeed the will of my
Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may
have eternal life; and I will raise them up on the last
day.
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John 6.40
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'I am the resurrection and the
life,' says the Lord. 'Those who believe in me, even though
they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in
me will never die.' |
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John 11.25,26
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In my Father's house there are
many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told
you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and
prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take
you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be
also. |
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John 14.2,3
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I am convinced that neither
death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things
present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor
depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to
separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our
Lord. |
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Romans 8.38,39
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What no eye has seen, nor ear
heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared
for those who love him - these things God has revealed to
us through the
Spirit. |
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1 Corinthians 2.9-10a
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He must reign until he has put
all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be
destroyed is
death. |
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1 Corinthians 15.25,26
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Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all
comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we
may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction,
with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by
God.
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2 Corinthians 1.3,4
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We know that if the earthly tent
we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a
house not made with hands, eternal in the
heavens. |
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2 Corinthians 5.1
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We believe that Jesus died and
rose again; and so it will be for those who died as
Christians; God will bring them to life with Jesus. Thus we
shall always be with the Lord. Comfort one another with
these words.
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cf 1 Thessalonians 4.14,17b,18
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We brought nothing into the
world, and we take nothing out.
The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the
name of the
Lord. |
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1 Timothy 6.7; Job 1.21b
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At the Celebration of Holy
Communion |
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Jesus said, 'Whoever eats my
flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will
raise him up on the last day.'
[Alleluia.] |
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John 6.54
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Some Texts
which may be used by the Minister |
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Receiving the coffin |
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We receive the body of our
brother/sister N
with confidence in God, the giver of life,
who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead. |
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Sprinkling the coffin with water |
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With this water we call to mind
N's baptism.
As Christ went through the deep waters of death for
us,
so may he bring us to the fullness of resurrection
life
with N and all the redeemed. |
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Grant, Lord,
that we who are baptized into the death
of your Son our
Saviour Jesus Christ
may continually put to death our evil desires
and be buried with
him;
and that through the grave and gate of death
we may pass to our joyful resurrection;
through his merits,
who died and was buried and rose again for us,
your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. |
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Covering the coffin with a pall |
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We are already God's
children,
but what we shall be has not yet been revealed.
Yet we know that when Christ appears we shall be like
him,
for we shall see him as he is. |
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On Mount Zion the Lord will
remove the pall of sorrow
hanging over all nations.
He will destroy death for ever.
He will wipe away the tears from every
face. |
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Placing a Bible on the coffin |
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Lord Jesus Christ,
your living and imperishable word brings us to new
birth.
Your eternal promises to us and to N are
proclaimed in the Bible. |
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Placing a cross on the coffin |
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Lord Jesus Christ,
for love of N and each one of us
you bore our sins on the cross. |
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The Blessing
of a Grave |
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O God,
whose Son Jesus Christ was laid in a tomb:
bless, we pray, this grave
as the place where the body of N your
servant
may rest in
peace,
through your Son, who is the resurrection and the
life;
who died and is alive and reigns with you
now and for ever. |
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