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A Committal Prayer
 
< name of the deceased >, we commit your body to be cremated and your ashes to be scattered, to rejoin the creation whence they sprang.
 
Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
 
Your soul is already with the ineffable Almighty God which permeates all creation. As the years and the decades pass, your name and your visage will fade, but your soul will be immortal, as its influence percolates down through the generations of people whom you knew.
 
Rest in peace.
 
You were a good (wo)man.
 
Copyright © 07 March 2020, Alan John Branford
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A Prayer of Diligent Discipleship
 
Let me a simple friar be,
To learn from Christ the way to see
The needs of our humanity,
To act with love accordingly
And serve with true humility.
Let me a simple friar be.
 
Copyright © 11 December 2023, Alan John Branford
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A Benediction
 
Let us invoke a blessing on us all as we depart this place to live Christ-like lives in this, the Kingdom of God,
 
In the Name of …
God the Creator – The Great Architect of the Universe
God the Eternal Logos – Made Human as Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ
God the Holy Spirit – The Power of God Within Us
 
Copyright © 16 April 2024, Alan John Branford
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