NOVENA PRAYER FOR OUR BELOVED __________________

Introduction:
Leader: Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, relatives and friends of _________.
We have come together here to pray in the spirit of faith for our dear
_______ who has been taken away from us. We are together in our
sadness: when we share our sorrows, they become lighter. But we are
even more united in faith and hope and love. At the same time we pray
for strength and consolation for this grieving family.

Reading: A reading from the letter of Paul to the Romans (Rom 6:3-4 8-11)
My brothers and sisters: You have been taught that when we were
baptized into union with Christ Jesus, we joined through baptism in his
death; in other words, when we were baptized we were buried with
him and shared his death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead
by glorious power of the Father we too might live a new life. But if we
have died with Christ we believe that we will also live with him; for we
know that Christ have been raised from the dead and that he will
never die again. Death has no more power over him. His death was
death to sin once and for all; and the life he lives is life for God. In the
same way, you must consider yourselves dead to sin but alive for God,
union with Christ Jesus.

The Word of the Lord

All: Thanks to be God.

Other readings: Luke 12: 16-21 1 Cor 2:2-10 Phil 3:20-21 1 John 3: 1-2
John 11:21-27 John 3:51-54 1 Thess 4; 13-14, 17b-18
2Maccabees 12:43-46

Prayer for Forgiveness:

God, you except us to love you with all our heart. You ask of us to be
good like Jesus. But we have recognized today that we ourselves and also our
beloved ________ have not lived up to what expected of us in life. We pray
therefore to forgive us Lord, have mercy.

God, at the departure of ________ from this word, we pray you to

forgive us whatever we may have done against him (her). Grant us forgiveness,
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we pray you, if we have been calculating or too shallow in our love or
friendship for him (her).
Christ have mercy

God, we are ready to become better Christians and we ask you therefore
to forgive us that we have been lukewarm in loving you and quiet deficient in
loving people around us Lord have mercy.

ROSARY: (Glorious Mysteries)

Apostles’ Creed:
I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to hell.
The third day he rose again from the dead.
He ascended to heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father
From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of
saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life
everlasting. Amen.

A. First Decade: The Resurrection

God, You are love. There are no limits to your love for all people. You
share the wealth of your love with the living as well as with the dead.
“Yes, you loved the world so much that you gave your only son… You
sent your Son into the world not to condemn the world but that the
world might be saved through him” (Jn 3: 16-17). God, we thank you for
the love without limit which you had for our dear __________ in all his
(her) life on earth and which you still have now after his (her) death. We
thank you for eternal life and for your love which never ends. Thankful
for God’s unending, eternal love, we now pray the first decade.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be….

Leader: Eternal rest grant the soul of __________ oh Lord.

All: and let perpetual light shine upon him (her).
Leader: from the gates of hell.
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 All: deliver his (her) soul, oh Lord.

Leader: may he (she) rest in peace.

All: amen

B. Second Decade: The Ascension

God, your love without limit is the meaning and joy in our lives. Your
friendship without end invites us all to love you with all our hearts. God,
even though we are sad at this death, we give you thanks because your
love is active in our dear __________ now after his (her) death as well as
his (her) life. We thank you for letting us love you on earth and also in
eternal life, but we thank you very especially that you love us even after
death with an eternal, never ending love. Ready to love the loving God
with all our hearts, we pray now the second decade….

C. Third Decade: Descent of the Holy Spirit

God, “if you love so much, we too should love one another” (1 Jn 4:11).
God, thank you for today for the joy and goodness which _________
shared with all those around. We thank you for happiness and joy which
friendship brings into our lives. We thank you because after dying we are
accept into the everlasting because community of love in heaven.
Grateful for the friendship of ________, we pray now for the third
decade…

D. Fourth Decade: The Assumption

God, when you give us life, you give us at the same time the riches of your
love.
You changed our lives by death, but your goodness without limit last forever.
Thank you Lord that you have made death a going up to the house of the
Father
in heaven. Thank you, for the eternal life which you give to a man. We ray
now
for the fourth decade, that_________ may be taken up soon into God’s
eternal
everlasting love.

E. Fifth Decade: The Coronation

God, you are the source of love. Out of an unselfish friendship that does

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 Not count he cost, you sent you sent Your Son into the world. And Jesus,
in his kindness went all the way for man, even to death on a cross. We
thank you, God because we know that in life and in death on a cross. We
thank you, God, because we know that in life and in death we live secure
in your great love. We pray you today: give strength and consolation to
the family of _________ that they may bear his (her) leaving in a spirit of
faith. We pray know for fifth decade for the consolation and strength of
the members of the family…..

Hail Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, hail, our life, our sweetness and our
hope. To you do we cry, poor banished children of Eve: to you do we send up
our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn then, most gracious
Advocate, your eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us
the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus, O merciful, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!
Amen.

PRAYERS OF THE FAIHFUL:

Leader: Let us pray to our Father in heaven with the fullest trust in him, for we
know that he is the God of mercy and of love. Let us say to him:
All: Lord, we place all our trust in you.
Leader: That his life and death, his joys and sufferings, his weakness and his
trust
in God may be accept by the Lord, who is faithful to his promises of
eternal life let us pray to the Lord.
All: Lord, we place all our trust in you.
Leader: That his family and relativities, who are sad at his death, may find
consolation in the grateful memory of all the love and joy he had given
them in the riches of his heart let us pray to Lord.
All: Lord, we place all our trust in you.
Leader: That all his friends and acquaintances, to whom he was reliable
friend and a support in life may remain faithful to his friendship
beyond the boundaries of this earth; let us pray to Lord.
All: Lord, we place to trust in you
Leader: That we may live in the memory of those who were dear to ______, for
Everything he meant to them and did from them, and they may
continue living in his spirit of faith, hope and love, Let us pray to Lord

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All: Lord, we all place our trust in you.
Leader: That he may not have died in vain, but that everything he stood for
may
remain meaningful to us today; that he may among us in what he built
up among us and that he may live in our hearts in our deeds; let us
pray to the Lord
All: Lord, we all place our trust in you
Leader: In baptism_______ received the promise of the eternal life; he ate the
bread of life and he shared the best of himself with all those around.
That ________ may be raised on the last day to the fullness of life and
that he may be given a place at the table of joy of your kingdom without
end, let us pray to the Lord
All: Lord, we place all our trust I you.
Leader: Lord God, forgive us that we are sad at the dead of our beloved______
a good person. It is simply because we miss him. But we are happy in
the conviction that he has found in your home of heaven happiness
that can never be taken away from him. Grant us the strength, pray you,
Lord, to seek your will as he did and to live like him , a life of deep faith
and unselfish love, for the sake of Jesus Christ , your Son , who is Savior
and Lord forever.

All: Amen

COUNCLUDING PRAYER:

Leader: With the fullest trust in our father in heaven, let us now conclude with
The prayer which Jesus himself taught us: Our Father…
Leader: And may the Almighty God bless us all who believe and trust in him,
And may he give us consolation and unity.
All: Amen.

SONGS:

YAHWEH, THE FAITHFUL ONE

Yahweh’s love will last forever, his faithfulness till the end of time. Yahweh is a
loving God , Yahweh the faithful one.
1. Have no fear, for I am with you; I will be you shield. Go now and leave
your Homeland, for I will give you a home.
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 2. You shall be my chosen people, and I will be your God. I will bless your
name
forever and keep you from all harm.
3. Look up and see the heavens and count the stars if you can. Your name
will be
Even greater, greater than all these stars.
4. See now the land before you, rich with food and rain. No longer must
you wander for this will be your home.

Give yourself as sacrifice to God, holy and acceptable to the Lord.

Do not allow your minds to be confirmed to this age, but let your hearts be
ruled By His Spirit.

Now not all of us shall asleep, but all of us are to be changed. In the twinkling
of an eye as the last trumpet sounds, we shall rise victorious in Christ.

I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE

I am the bread of life, he who comes to me shall not hunger,
He who believes in me shall not thirst, no one can come to me unless the
father draw him.

Refrain: And I will raise him up (3x), on the last day.

The bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.
And he who eats of this bread, he shall live forever, he shall live forever.
Refrain…

I am the resurrection, I am the Life. He who believes in me, even if he dies,

He shall live forever.

Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ

The Son of God, who has come into the world.

SINO AKO

Hiram sa Diyos an gating buhay

Ikaw at ako’y tanging handog lamang

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Di ko ninanais na ako’y isilang, ngunit salamat dahil may buhay
Ligaya ko na ako’y isilang, pagkat tao ay mayroong dangal.
Sino’ng may pag ibig, sino’ng nagmamahal
Kung di ang tao, Diyod ang pinagmulan

Refrain: Kung di ako umibig, kung di ko man bigyang halaga.

Ang buhay kong handog, ang buhay kong hiram sa Diyos.
Kung di ako nagmamahal, sino ako?

SALVATION BELONGS TO OUR GOD

1. Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne. And unto the
lamb, praise and glory, wisdom and thanks, honor and power and
strength.

Be to our God, forever and ever. (3x). Amen.

2. And we the redeemed shall be strong, in purpose and unity. Declaring

aloud: praise and glory, wisdom and thanks, honor and power and
strength.

AS THE DEER

As the deer panteth for the water, so my soul longeth after thee. You alone are
my heart’s desire and I long to worship thee. You along are my strength, my
shield, to you alone may my spirit yield. You alone are my heart’s desire and I
long to worship thee.

TO LOVE YOU AND TO MAKE YOU LOVED

To know You O Lord and to know your love,

To love you and to make You loved

1. Servants of the Lord, ours the upward call. To lay down our lives and to
give our all.
2. For to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Both in death and life, ours a
single aim.

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 3. Riches, honor, fame gladly we despise. That we may attain, the pearl of
great price.
4. Nothing in this world, shall possess our hearts. You alone O Lord, are the
better part.

WE BELONG TO GOD

None of us lives as his shown, and none of us dies at his own.

For while we live, we are responsible to God, and when we die, we die
as his servants.

For both in life and death, we belong to God

That is why Christ has died for us and come again
We shall all appear before the judgement seat of God
For it is written: “Every knee shall bend before Me, and every
tongue shall give praise to God.”

For we are sure that neither death nor life, nor this nor future ages, nor
their powers. No height, no depth, no creature that thrives, will come
between us and the love of Christ.

DIYOS AY PAG-IBIG

Pag ibig ang siyang pumukay sa ating puso at kaluluwa

Ang siyang nagdulot sa ating buhay, ng gintong aral at pag-asa

Pag-ibig ang siyang buklod natin, di mapapawi kalian pa man

Sa puso’t diwa, tayo’y isa lamang kahit na tayo’y magkawalay

Chorus: Pagkat ang Diyos natin, Diyos ng pg-ibig

Magmahalan tayo’t bigo ay huwag limutin
Na ma’y Diyos tayong nagmahal.

Sikapin sa ating pagsuyo, Ipamilita sa buong mundo

Pag-ibig ni Hesus, ang siyang sumakop sa bawat pusong
Uhaw sa pag suyo
Reapet chorus. Diyos ay pag-ibig
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POWER OF YOUR LOVE

Lord, I come to you. Let my heart be changed, renewed.

Flowing from the grace that I found in you
And Lord I’ve come to know, the weakness I see in me
Will be stripped away, by the power of love

Refain: Hold me close, Let your arms surround me

Bring me near, draw me to your side
And as I wait, I’ll rise up like an eagle
And I will soar with you, your spirit leads me on
By the power of your love

Lord, unveil my eyes, let me see you face to face

The knowledge of your love, as you live with in me
Lord, renew my mind, as you will unfolds in my life
In living everyday, by the power of love

(Refrain 2x)