Vigil Prayer for the Deceased

ST. JOHN EVANGELIST’S YOUTH MINISTRY

Capatan, Tuguegarao City

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INTRODUCTION I have taught you the price of compassion;
You have stood before the grave. Though my love can seem like
a ranging storm, This is the love that saves.
LEADER: Dear Brothers and Sisters, we from the ST. JOHN (Repeat Refrain)
EVANGELIST’S YOUTH MINISTRY of Capatan, Tuguegarao
City, have come today/ tonight to offer our deepest and sin- Where you there when I raised up the mountains?
cerest sympathy to all of you for passing away of our brother/ Can guide the morning star? Does the hawk take flight? When
you give command? Why do you doubt my Power?
sister __________.
(Repeat Refrain)

Indeed, death is likened to a thief at night. We don’t know the BE NOT AFRAID
day and hour of its arrival. Just like our brother/sister Refrain:
_____________. Death –it was really thundering news to eve- Be not afraid, I have made you I have saved you, I have called
rybody –news it was hard to believe. But death is one of the you. You are mine, you are precious to me and I love you Be
realities in life- yes, it is hard to accept the passing away of our not afraid. Be not afraid.
loved one but we must to- for everybody is inclined to one’s
When you pass through waters that raged I am with you In the
death!
rivers you shall not drown. Walk through the fire and it’s
flames will not consume you for I am God.
(Refrain)
We must have to offer our prayers and sacrifices for the eternal
repose of his/her soul. As we listen and reflect on the word of Even if you wander away from my lovingFar away from home you
God in this Bible Service for the Death, may it gives us the might stray Still will seek you and gently take you with me and
comfort that death is not the Life. Death is jus at a beginning of bring you back
a new life. (Refrain)
Again, our heartfelt condolences and sympathy to the be-
reaved family. LEADER: In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit.

,
ALL: Amen.

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 SINO AKO? Opening Song:

1.Hiram sa Diyos ang aking buhay HOSEA

Ikaw at ako, tanging handog lamang Come back to me with all your heart Don't let fear keep us apart
Di ko ninais na ako’y isilang Trees do bend though straight and tall So must we to others'
Ngunit salamat, dahil may buhay.
call
2.Ligaya ko na ako’y isilang Refrain:
‘Pagkat tao ay mayroong dangal Long Have I waited for your coming
Sinong may pag-ibig , sinong nagmamahal Home to me and living deeply our new life.
Kundi ang tao,Diyos ang pinagmulan.
The wilderness will lead you To the place where I will speak
Kundi ako umibig, kundi ko mang biyang halaga Integrity and justice With tenderness You shall know.
Ang buhay kong handog,
(Repeat Refrain)
Ang buhay kong hiram sa Diyos.
Kundi ako nagmamahal, sino ako?
(Reapeat verses 1 and 2) You shall sleep, secure with peaceFaithfulness will be your joy.
(Repeat Refrain)

OPENING PRAYER:
HOLY DARKNESS
LEADER: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
Refrain:
the Holy Spirit.
Holy Darkness, Blessed night,
Heaven’s answer hidden from our sight ALL: Amen
As we wait you, O God of silence
LEADER: Lord, make us w orthy to offer our prayer for the
We embrace you holy night.
eternal repose of the soul of our brother/sister ___________;
I have tried you in fires of affliction; we pray for the forgiveness of his/her sins for we know that you
I have taught your soul to grieve are good and merciful especially to those who sincerely ask for
In the barren soil of your loneliness, your mercy. And not Lord on our sins but on our faith as a com-
There will I plant seed. munity and grant us what we desire for our dead. We ask this
through Christ our Lord Amen.
(Repeat Refrain
SONG: KYRIE ELISON (LORD HAVE MERCY)

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LITURGY OF THE WORD LEADER: Hail Mary , full of grace the Lord is with you!
Blessed are you among women and blessed is the fruit of thy
LEADER: Please be seated and listen to the word of God.
womb Jesus.
ALL: Holy Mary, Mother of God , pray for us sinners now and
st
1 READING at the hour of our death. Amen.
A Reading from the first letter St. Paul to the Corinthians. LEADER: Eternal rest grant unto soul of our departed broth-
er/sister ______ O Lord.
Now I am going to tell you a mystery. Not all of us shall fall asleep,
but all of us are to be changed in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, ALL: And let the perpetual light shines upon him/her.
at the sound of the last trumpet, the dead will be raised incorruptible,
LEADER: May he/she rest in peace.
and we shall be changed. This corruptible body must be clothed with
incorruptibility, this mortal body with immorality. Then the corruptible ALL: Amen.
frame takes on incorruptibility and the moral immorality. Then the say- (Repeat 3x)
ing on the scriptures is fulfilled. Death is swallowed up in victory. “Oh
death, is your victory? Oh death, where is your sting? LEADER: May the soul of all the faithful departed through the
mercy of God rest in rest.
The word of the Lord.
ALL: Amen.
ALL: Thanks be the God. LEADER: We now recite a prayer to our Blessed Mother as
we entrust to her arms our departed brother/sister.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
CONCLDING PRAYER: HAIL HOLY QUEEN
R: THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY SALVATION.
The Lord is my light and my salvation Hail Holy Queen, Mother of mercy, Hail our life, our sweetness
Whom shall I fear? and our hope. Do you do we cry poor banished children of eve. To
The Lord is the stronghold of my life you do we send our sights, mourning and weeping in this valley of
Before whom shall I shrink? tears. Turn then most gracious and advocate, our eyes of mercy
towards us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit
R: THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY SALVATION of your womb Jesus. O clement, O loving O sweet Virgin Mary.
Pray for us O holy Mother of God. That we may be made worthy
There is no one thing I ask of the Lord, for his seek
of the promises of Christ!
To dwell in the house of the Lord, all the days of my life
To savour the sweetness of the Lord To behold His temple. For Final Hymns, choose appropriate songs for the deceased).
R: THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY SALVATION
After the singing the final song, the sign of the cross will follow and
ends the service.

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LEADER: Almighty and merciful God, may our brother/ O Lord, hear my voice when I call , Have mercy and answer me
sister__________ share the victory of Christ who loves us so much It is your face, O Lord that I seek Hide not your face.
that He died and rose again to bring us new life. We ask this through R: THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY SALVATION
Christ, our Lord, with the Holy Spirit, one God forever.
I’m sure that I shall see the goodness of the Lord
ALL: Amen. In the land of the living Hope in Him, hold firm and harden your
heart Hope in the Lord.
R: THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY SALVATION
LEADER: Eternal rest grant unto the soul of our departed broth-
er/sister________ O Lord.
SONG: ALLELUIA
ALL: And let the perpetual light shine upon him/her.
Leader: Let us now listen to the reading of the Holy Gospel
which assures us that faith in Jesus means eternal and everlasting
LEADER: May he/she rest in peace. life.
ALL: Amen.
GOSPEL READING
LEADER: With God, there is mercy and faithfulness of redemp-
tion. Let us pray with confidence to the Father in the words our Sav- A reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. John.
ior taught us. When Jesus is arrived in Bethany, He found Lazarus had been in the
tomb for four days. Bethany was near Jerusalem, only about two
miles away. And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to
SONG: comfort them about their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was
coming, she went to meet Him, but Mary sat at home. Martha said to
THE LORD’S PRAYER Jesus. “Lord, if you have been here, my brother would have not died.
Our Father who art in heaven Even now I know that whatever you ask of God, He will give you.
Hollowed be thy name ”Jesus said to her:” Your brother will rise.” Martha said to him, “I
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done know he will rise on the resurrection on the last day.” Jesus told her,
On earth as it is in heaven “I am the Ressurection and the Life, whoever believes in me will nev-
Give us this day our daily bread er die. Do you believe in this?” She said to Him, “Yes Lord. I have
And forgive us our trespass against us come to believe that you are the Messiah, the son of God, the one
And lead us not into temptation who is to come into the world.
But deliver us from evil. Amen.
The Gospel of the Lord.
All: Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.

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SONG: LEADER: Lord, hear our prayer, welcome our brother/
sister____________ to paradise and help us comfort each other
YOU’RE HEART TODAY the assurance of our faith. We are confident that all who have died
in Christ will be raised to life on the last day and live with Christ
WHERE THERE IS FEAR, I CAN ALLAY forever.
WHERE THERE IS PAIN, I CAN HEAL
WHERE THERE ARE WOUNDS, I CAN BIND We commend our brother/sister ____________to you Lord now
AND HUNGER, I CAN FILL
that he/she passed from this life. Welcome him/her into your pres-
Refrain: ence and with your saints let him/her rejoice in you forever.
LORD, GRANT ME COURAGE
LORD, GRANT ME STRENGTH
GRANT ME COMPASSION SONG:
THAT I MAY BE YOUR HEART TODAY THE SONG OF FAREWELL
WHERE THERE IS HATE, I CAN CONFRONT
WHERE THERE ARE YOKES, I CAN RELEASE Saints of God come to his/her aid (2x)
WHERE THERE ARE CAPTIVES, I CAN FREE Come to meet him/her angels of the Lord. (2x)
AND ANGER, I CAN APPEASE
Brigde: Refrain: Receive his/her soul (2x)
And present him/her to God the most high.
WHEN COMES THE DAY I DREAD (Sing refrain twice)
TO SEE A BROKEN WORLD
COMPEL ME FROM MY CELL GROWN COLD
THAT YOUR PEOPLE I MAY BEHOLD May Christ who called you take you to himself(2x)
May angels lead you to Abraham’s side. (2x)
WHERE THERE IS FEAR, I CAN ALLAY
Refrain: Receive his/her to God the most high.
WHERE THERE IS PAIN, I CAN HEAL
WHERE THERE ARE WOUNDS, I CAN BIND (Sing refrain twice)
AND HUNGER, I CAN FILL
Give him/her eternal rest O Lord (2x)
AND WHEN I'VE DONE, ALL THAT I COULD And may your light shine on him/her forever (2x)
YET THERE ARE HEARTS, I CANNOT MOVE
LORD GIVE ME HOPE
THAT I MAY BE YOUR HEART TODAY Refrain: Receive his/her soul (2x)
And present him/her to God the most high.
(Sing refrain twice)

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 For ourselves that we may help and support one another on the LEADER: Let us pray to the living God, who created us for life
journey through life, that we may go to the Lord’s way side and happiness. He will not give us to death but enrich us with the
and share the joys and sorrows, life and death. eternal life. Let us pray to Him:
We pray.

We pray for all who gathered here who pray in faith help us to R: LORD OF LIFE, HEAR YOUR PEAPLE.
be faithful to the promises of our baptism so that we may
That you give us the grace to accept in total surrender the de-
worthily share in the glory of our kingdom.
mise of our beloved brother/sister___________, as we fer-
We pray.
vently pray for the eternal repose of his/her soul, give him/
LEADER; Our God and Father, we thank you for the assurance her the fullness of your salvation.
that the dead are in your hands and that they may be called and We pray.
destined to rise to eternal life on the account of your risen Son. Do
not let our hearts be troubled but prepare a place for us where we We pray for the family members and those who mourn for the
shall be united one day with whose we have known and loved. And death of our brothers/sisters_____________ give them the
give us now Your Son to be our way, truth and life, forever and ever. strength and grace to accept their lost.
We pray.
ALL: Amen.
For all the dead in our family and in our community, for all those
HESUS NG AKING BUHAY who were dear to us in life, that God who called them by
Sikat ng umaga, buhos ng ulan Simoy ng dapit-hapon, sinag their names may be their source of their unending joy.
ng buwan, Batis na malinaw, dagat na bughaw, We Pray.
Gayon ang panginoon kong Hesus, ng aking buhay
For those who had suffer much in life from sickness, injustice
Refrain: and in poverty, that their sorrows may come to an end and
Saan man ako bumaling Ika’y naroon tumalikod man sa iyo that there may no end to their happiness.
Dakilang pag ibig mo Sa aki’y tatawag at magpapaalalang We Pray.
Ako’y iyong ginigiliw at siyang tatapat sa puso
For all the dead who had gone to a lonely way through life be-
Tinig ng kaibigan, oyayi ng Ina, Pangarap ng ulila, bisig ng cause few cared for them. Or they were loners themselves
dukha, Ilaw ng may takot, ginhawa ng aba or because their partners or children deserted them, for
Gayon ang Panginoon kong Hesus ng aking buhay those whom nobody mourns, that they may find joy in the
(Repeat Refrain) company of saints in heaven.
We Pray.
At siyang tatapat sa puso(2x)

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