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GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Grace and peace from the Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Hymn
Morning Has Broken
Morning has broken
like the first morning;
blackbird has spoken
like the first bird.
Praise for the singing,
praise for the morning,
praise for them, springing
fresh from the word.
Sweet the rain’s new fall
sunlit from heaven,
like the first dewfall
on the first grass.
Praise for the sweetness
of the wet garden,
sprung from completeness
where his feet pass
Mine is the sunlight;
mine is the morning
born of the one light
Eden saw play.
Praise with elation,
praise every morning,
God’s recreation
of the new day.
Eleanor Farjeon 1881–1965 Words and music from Enlarged Songs of Praise
1931 by permission Oxford University Press Arrangement © L. F. Bartlett
Sentences
Let us pray
Loving God, you alone are the source of life.
May your life-giving Spirit flow through us,
and fill us with compassion, one for another.
In our sorrow give us the calm of your peace.
Kindle our hope, and let our grief give way to joy;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
HONOURING AND REMEMBERING
Reflections on a Life
Lighting of candles
Fr Peter