All Souls

 

"Hear my voice, O Lord, with which I have cried out to you. Have mercy on me, and hear me. My heart has spo­ken to you; my face has sought you. I yearn for your face, O Lord. Do not turn your face away from me. In your wrath, do not turn aside from your ser­vant. Be my helper. Do not aban­don me, and do not de­spise me, O God, my Sav­ior. For my fa­ther and my mother have left me be­hind, but the Lord has taken me up" Psalms 27:7-10

"Let nothing disturb you,

Let nothing frighten you,

All things are passing away:

God never changes.

Patience obtains all things

Whoever has God lacks nothing;

God alone suffices."

(St. Teresa of Avila appealing for patience to allow intimacy with God to replace fear and anxiety, quoted from The Wounding and Healing of Desire: Weaving Heaven and Earth p.157).

Let us pray!

God our Father,

Your power brings us to birth,

Your providence guides our lives,

and by Your command we return to dust.

Lord, those who die still live in Your presence,

their lives change but do not end.

I pray in hope for my family,

relatives and friends,

and for all the dead known to You alone.

In company with Christ,

Who died and now lives,

may they rejoice in Your kingdom,

where all our tears are wiped away.

Unite us together again in one family,

to sing Your praise forever and ever.

Amen.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,

And let Your perpetual light shine upon them.

May their soul rest in peace.

Amen.