Funeral Gospel Acclamations

Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth;

 you have revealed to the childlike the mysteries of the Kingdom.

Come, you who are blessed by my Father, says the Lord;

 inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son,

 So that everyone who believes in him might have eternal life.

This is the will of my Father, says the Lord,

 that I should lose nothing of all that he has given to me,

 and that I should raise it up on the last day.

This is the will of my Father, says the Lord, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him on the last day.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven, says the Lord; 

 whoever eats this bread will live forever.

I am the resurrection and the life, says the Lord;

 whoever believes in me will never die.

Our true home is in heaven, and Jesus Christ, whose return we long

 for, will come from heaven to save us.

If we die with Christ, we shall live with him,

 and if we persevere we shall also reign with him.

Jesus Christ is the firstborn from the dead;

 glory and power be his forever and ever. Amen.

Blessed are those who die in the Lord;

 let them rest from their labors for their good deeds go with them