Alternative Funeral Service - Yr Eglwys yng Nghymru

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Lord of all, we thank you
for your work in creation,
for nourishing life in the womb,
for your love even in death.
Thank you for the life of this child N.,
whom you gave to us and have taken to yourself.
Thank you for the arms of your love,
embracing both us and N. in your family.
Thank you for your presence in our sorrow
and your strength as our family grows older.
Take our sadness, and fill us with your Spirit
to serve you on earth and join your saints in glory;
though Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
COMMENDATION AND FAREWELL
1.
God our creator and redeemer,
by your power Christ conquered death
and returned to you in glory.
Confident of your victory
and claiming his promises,
we entrust N. into your keeping
in the name of Jesus our Lord,
who, though he died, is now alive
and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God now and for ever. Amen.
2. AN OLDER CHILD
Into your hands, Lord,
our faithful creator and most loving redeemer,
we commend your child N.,
for s/he is yours in death as in life.
In your great mercy
gather him/her into your arms
and fulfil in him/her the purpose of your love;
that, rejoicing in the light and refreshment of your presence,
s/he may enjoy that life which you have prepared
for all those who love you,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
3. A YOUNG CHILD.
Heavenly Father,
whose Son our Saviour
took little children into his arms and blessed them:
receive, we pray, your child N.
in your never-failing care and love,
comfort all who have loved him/her on earth,
and bring us all to your everlasting kingdom;
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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