Ann Gabriel EremitaBorn into Eternal Life January

25, 2003

Funeral Mass Saint Paul’s Roman Catholic

ChurchJanuary 29, 2003 10:00AM

IntermentGates of Heaven

“He who believes in Me shall have Eternal Life!”

As we reflect on this sad loss in our lives we are drawn to the memories, memories that our mother has created for each of you sitting here today sharing in this celebration of mass. We ask each of you to take a minute and reflect on one of those memories.  Celebrate her life, the good times you’ve shared with her. Perhaps coming into her home and feeling that you belonged and were loved. Celebrate how she mastered the skill of entertaining. Celebrate those incredible meals she cooked for all of us. Celebrate the fun and the life she gave to all the parties. Celebrate the special way she made each of you feel when in her company.  Remember that she was a woman of God, never doubting him through all the trials that lay before her. She was passionate and devoted to her daughters, here son-in-law, her grandson and a “second mother” to many.  Rejoice that she is now at peace with those who have gone before her. Our father George, her parents Peter and Mary, her sister Grace, her brother Anthony, her brother-in-laws Vincent and Sonny, her mother-in-law Rose, her brother and sister in law Teddy and Ann.  Respectfully,  Dorothy and Elisa 

Entrance Song: Eternal Rest

Opening PrayerLord God, loving Father, we believe in your mercy always. We feel the pain of separation from Ann, but we entrust her to you with confidence. May she dwell in your peace, radiant and forever young. With all our loved ones who have gone before, may she remember us before You. We trust in your promisesand live in joyful hope. Amen.

Liturgy of the Word

First Reading: Book of Sirach, 26: 1-4 (Priscilla Cronin)

Responsorial Psalm Response: My Shepard is the Lord; Nothing, indeed, shall I want!

The lord is my Shepard; I shall not want, in verdant pastures he gives me repose. Beside restful waters he leads me, he refreshes my soul. (Response)

You spread the table before me in the sight of my foes; you anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows. (Response)

Only goodness and kindness follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for years to come. (Response)

Second Reading: Epistle of Paul to the Philippians 1: 1-11 (Penny King)

Gospel Reading: John Chapter 17

Homily

This ends the Liturgy of the. God has spoken to us of His great love and boundless mercy.

Prayer of the Faithful (Margie Sheehan)

Our Intercessions (Father Andrew Eremito)Response: Lord hear our prayer

Introductory Prayer:Lord God and Father, with trust in your compassionate care of us, we obey your command to ask for our needs with faith.

Response: Hear and Heal your People Lord!

For our Sister, Mother, Grandmother, Friend Ann Eremita, that she may live in your Joy eternally, and remember us before your throne, Let us pray…

For all our family and friends who have gone before us into your eternal light, Let us pray…

For all who are sick in body, mind, or spirit, Let us pray…

For our Church, that it may always be a source of inspiration, light, love and healing for all God’s people, Let us pray…

For our World, that it may know peace, that all who are hungry in the midst of plenty, lonely and unloved in the midst of crowds, may find healing for their needs and your love for their joy, O Lord, Let us pray…

We pause now as each of us brings our special needs and intentions to our God (pause) Let us pray…

Offertory ProcessionElisa, Carl and Florence bring bread and wine, emblems of family, and the rose. The bread symbolizes all the ordinary things that sustain us each day, while the wine is a symbol of all our joys and sorrows.

These are accepted and transformed as the become the body and blood of our Lord.

The rose is the symbol of God’s love of us, and our love of Ann and one another.

Offertory Song: On Eagles Wing

Communion Song: Panis Angelicus and Ave Maria

Recessional Song: Here I am O Lord

The Liturgy Ends with prayers for our Ann, and Special Blessings that we join together in as…

We Remember and Celebrate her Life

Prayer of Saint FrancisLord, make me an instrument of Thy grace.

Where there is hatred, let me show love.Where there is injury, pardon.

Where there is doubt, faith.Where there is despair, hope.

Where there is darkness, light.Where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I mayNot so much need to be consoled as to

Console; to be understood as to

Understand, to be loved as to love; forit is in giving that we receive. It is in

pardoning that we are pardoned, and itIs in dying that we are born to eternal

Life

.On behalf of our family, thank you for taking

the time to pay tribute to our mother and know that you have someone on your side in

heaven.

Pall bears – Peter Demasi, Richard Emond, Keith Faciano, Richard Friedman, Kevin

McShane, Carl Schmid Sr., Carl Schmid Jr., Todd Shaw.  

Ann Gabriel EremitaBorn into Eternal Life January

25, 2003

Funeral Mass Saint Paul’s Roman Catholic

ChurchJanuary 29, 2003 10:00AM

IntermentGates of Heaven

“He who believes in Me shall have Eternal Life!”

As we reflect on this sad loss in our lives we are drawn to the memories, memories that our mother has created for each of you sitting here today sharing in this celebration of mass. We ask each of you to take a minute and reflect on one of those memories.  Celebrate her life, the good times you’ve shared with her. Perhaps coming into her home and feeling that you belonged and were loved. Celebrate how she mastered the skill of entertaining. Celebrate those incredible meals she cooked for all of us. Celebrate the fun and the life she gave to all the parties. Celebrate the special way she made each of you feel when in her company.  Remember that she was a woman of God, never doubting him through all the trials that lay before her. She was passionate and devoted to her daughters, here son-in-law, her grandson and a “second mother” to many.  Rejoice that she is now at peace with those who have gone before her. Our father George, her parents Peter and Mary, her sister Grace, her brother Anthony, her brother-in-laws Vincent and Sonny, her mother-in-law Rose, her brother and sister in law Teddy and Ann.  Respectfully,  Dorothy and Elisa 

We Remember and Celebrate her Life

Prayer of Saint FrancisLord, make me an instrument of Thy grace.

Where there is hatred, let me show love.Where there is injury, pardon.

Where there is doubt, faith.Where there is despair, hope.

Where there is darkness, light.Where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I mayNot so much need to be consoled as to

Console; to be understood as to

Understand, to be loved as to love; forit is in giving that we receive. It is in

pardoning that we are pardoned, and itIs in dying that we are born to eternal

Life

.On behalf of our family, thank you for taking

the time to pay tribute to our mother and know that you have someone on your side in

heaven.

Pall bears – Peter Demasi, Richard Emond, Keith Faciano, Richard Friedman, Kevin

McShane, Carl Schmid Sr., Carl Schmid Jr., Todd Shaw.  

Entrance Song: Eternal Rest

Opening PrayerLord God, loving Father, we believe in your mercy always. We feel the pain of separation from Ann, but we entrust her to you with confidence. May she dwell in your peace, radiant and forever young. With all our loved ones who have gone before, may she remember us before You. We trust in your promisesand live in joyful hope. Amen.

Liturgy of the Word

First Reading: Book of Sirach, 26: 1-4 (Priscilla Cronin)

Responsorial Psalm Response: My Shepard is the Lord; Nothing, indeed, shall I want!

The lord is my Shepard; I shall not want, in verdant pastures he gives me repose. Beside restful waters he leads me, he refreshes my soul. (Response)

You spread the table before me in the sight of my foes; you anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows. (Response)

Only goodness and kindness follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for years to come. (Response)

Second Reading: Epistle of Paul to the Philippians 1: 1-11 (Penny King)

Gospel Reading: John Chapter 17

Homily

This ends the Liturgy of the. God has spoken to us of His great love and boundless mercy.

Prayer of the Faithful (Margie Sheehan)

Our Intercessions (Father Andrew Eremito)Response: Lord hear our prayer

Introductory Prayer:Lord God and Father, with trust in your compassionate care of us, we obey your command to ask for our needs with faith.

Response: Hear and Heal your People Lord!

For our Sister, Mother, Grandmother, Friend Ann Eremita, that she may live in your Joy eternally, and remember us before your throne, Let us pray…

For all our family and friends who have gone before us into your eternal light, Let us pray…

For all who are sick in body, mind, or spirit, Let us pray…

For our Church, that it may always be a source of inspiration, light, love and healing for all God’s people, Let us pray…

For our World, that it may know peace, that all who are hungry in the midst of plenty, lonely and unloved in the midst of crowds, may find healing for their needs and your love for their joy, O Lord, Let us pray…

We pause now as each of us brings our special needs and intentions to our God (pause) Let us pray…

Offertory ProcessionElisa, Carl and Florence bring bread and wine, emblems of family, and the rose. The bread symbolizes all the ordinary things that sustain us each day, while the wine is a symbol of all our joys and sorrows.

These are accepted and transformed as the become the body and blood of our Lord.

The rose is the symbol of God’s love of us, and our love of Ann and one another.

Offertory Song: On Eagles Wing

Communion Song: Panis Angelicus and Ave Maria

Recessional Song: Here I am O Lord

The Liturgy Ends with prayers for our Ann, and Special Blessings that we join together in as…