TRIBUTE VERSES & THEMES TRIBUTE VERSES O Virgin of Virgins, My Mother! LC 111 (1011) Cardinal Neuman To thee I come; before thee I stand, O Lord, support us all the day long, til LC 101 (1001) A Garden sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the shadows lengthen, and the evening A garden has this advantage, that it the Word Incarnate! Despise not my comes, and the busy world is hushed, makes no difference where you live. petitions, but in thy mercy, hear and and the fever of life is over, and our A well laid garden makes the face of the answer me. Amen. work is done! Then in His mercy may country of no account; let it be low or He give us a safe lodging, and a holy high, grand or mean, you have made a LC 106 (1006) After Glow rest, and peace at the last! beautiful abode worthy of man. I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one. I’d like to leave an afterglow of LC 112 (1012) Celtic LC 102 (1002) A Lifetime of Service smiles when life is done. I’d like to leave Grieve not nor speak of me with tears A lifetime of service, to God, family, an echo whispering softly down the but laugh and talk of me as though I friends, country. ways, of happy times and laughing times were beside you. I loved you so ‘twas and bright and sunny days. I’d like the Heaven here with you. LC 103 (1003) A Prayer For The Dead tears of those who grieve, to dry before It is truly right and just, proper and the sun of happy memories that I leave LC 113 (1013) Colossians 1:16-17 helpful toward salvation, that we always when my life is done. For by Him were all things created, that and everywhere give thanks to You, are in heaven, and that are in earth, O Lord, Holy Father, Almighty and LC 107 (1007) Always visible and invisible, whether they be Eternal God, through Christ our Lord. Always remember we love you. thrones, or dominions, or principalities, In the same Christ the hope of a blessed Although you could not stay, you’ll or powers. All things were created by resurrection has dawned for us, bringing always remain in our hearts, until we Him, and for Him: And He is before all all who are under the certain, sad meet again our little one. things, and by Him all things consist. sentence of death the consoling promise of future immortality. For those who LC 108 (1008) Amazing Grace LC 114 (1014) Comfort have been faithful, O Lord, life is not Amazing grace shall always be my song Another leaf has fallen, another soul has ended, but merely changed; and when of praise, for it was grace that brought gone. But still we have God’s promises, this earthly abode dissolves, an eternal my liberty; I do not know just why in every robin’s song. For He’s in His dwelling place awaits them in heaven. He came to love me so, He looked Heaven, and though He takes away. Eternal rest grant them O Lord and let beyond my faults and saw my need. He always leaves to mortals, the bright perpetual light shine upon them. May I shall forever lift my eyes to Calvary to sun’s kindly ray. He leaves the fragrant they rest in peace. view the cross where Jesus died for me. blossoms, and lovely forests green. And How marvelous the grace that gives us new found comfort, when we LC 104 (1004) A Prayer of Saint caught my falling soul, He looked on Him will lean. Francis of Assisi beyond my fault and saw my need. Lord, make me an instrument of your LC 115 (1015) Creator and Redeemer peace. Where there is hatred, let me LC 109 (1009) An Old Irish Blessing The creator and Redeemer of All sow love. Where there is injury, pardon, May the road rise up to meet you. May the Faithful, grant to the Souls of where there is doubt, faith, where there the wind be always at your back. May Thy Servants departed the remission is darkness, light, and where there is the sun shine warm upon your face, of all their sins; that through pious sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant and the rains fall soft upon your fields, supplications they may obtain the that I may not seek to be consoled, and until we meet again, may God hold pardon which they have always desired as to console, to be understood, as to you in the palm of His hand. who livest and reignest world without understand; to be loved, as to love. For end. Amen. it is in giving that we receive. It is in LC 110 (1010) Brother pardoning that we are pardoned. And Father we entrust our brother to your LC 116 (1016) Crossing the Bar it is in dying that we are born to mercy. You loved him greatly in this life. Sunset and evening star, and one clear eternal life. Now that he is freed from all its cares, call for me! And let there be no moaning give him happiness and peace forever. of the bar when I put out to sea. But LC 105 (1005) A Prayer To Mary Welcome him into paradise where such a tide as moving seems asleep, too Remember, O most gracious Virgin there will be no more sorrow, no more full for sound or foam, when that which Mary, that never was it known that weeping or pain, but only peace and joy drew from out the boundless deep, turns anyone who fled to thy protection, with Jesus your Son, and the Holy Spirit again home. - Alfred Tennyson implored thy help, or sought thy forever and ever. intercession, was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, I fly unto thee, LC 117 (1017) Dad smile; and for my sake and in my name, scene of his life flashed before him, he We’ll always remember that special live on and do all things the same. Feed looked back at the footprints in the smile, that caring heart, that warm not your loneliness on empty days, but sand. He noticed many times along the embrace you always gave us. You being fill each waking hour in useful ways. path of his life there was only one set of there for Mom and us, through good Reach out your hand in comfort and in footprints, and realized that they came and bad times no matter what. We’ll cheer and I in turn will comfort you at the hardest and saddest times of his always remember you Dad because and hold you near. And never, never life. Bothered about this, he questioned there’ll never be another one to replace be afraid to die. For I am waiting for the Lord saying, “Lord, you said that you in our hearts, and the love we will you in the sky! once I decided to follow you, you’d walk always have for you. with me all the way. But I have noticed LC 122 (1022) Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 that during the most burdensome LC 118 (1018) De Profundis For everything there is a season, and a times in my life, there is only one set of Out of the depths have I cried to Thee time to every purpose under heaven: footprints. I don’t understand why when O Lord: Lord hear my voice. Let thine a time to be born, and a time to die; a I needed you the most you would leave ears be attentive to the voice of my time to plant, and a time to pluck up me.” The Lord replied, “My dear child, supplication. If Thou, O Lord, wilt that which is planted; a time to kill, and I love you and I would never leave you. mark iniquities, Lord who shall stand it? a time to heal; a time to break down, During the times of trial and suffering, For with Thee there is merciful and a time to build up; a time to weep, when you see only one set of footprints, forgiveness: and by reason of Thy law, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, it was then that I carried you.” have I waited for Thee O Lord. My soul and a time to dance. hath relied on His word: my soul hath LC 126 (1026) Gentle Face hoped in the Lord. From the morning LC 123 (1023) Eternal Rest Your gentle face and patient smile with watch even until night: let Israel hope Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord sadness we recall. You had a kindly word in the Lord. Because with the Lord and let perpetual light shine upon him. for each and died beloved by all. The there is mercy and with Him plenteous May his soul and the souls of all the voice is mute and stilled the heart that redemption. And He shall redeem faithful departed through the mercy of loved us well and true, ah, bitter was the Israel from all iniquities. Eternal rest God rest in peace. Lord help this family trial to part from one so good as you. grant him, O Lord, and let perpetual to remember that nothing will happen You are not forgotten, nor will you ever light shine upon him. to them today that you and they be as long as life and memory last we together cannot handle.