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All stand. At the door of the church, the priest sprinkles the coffin with
Holy Water, as a reminder of baptism, in which Christ promises eternal
life to his people. He says:

Priest: In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit.
All: Amen.
Priest: The Lord be with you.
People: And with your spirit.

In the waters of baptism Kath died with Christ and rose to new life with
him. May she now share with him eternal glory.

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 Mine is the sunlight!
sunlit from heaven, Mine is the morning
like the first dewfall born of the one light
on the first grass. Eden saw play!
Praise for the sweetness Praise with elation,
of the wet garden, praise every morning,
sprung in completeness God’s recreation
where God’s feet pass. of the new day!

COLLECT - PRIEST
THE LITURGY OF THE WORD
(Please sit)
The First Reading
A reading from the first letter of St John

Think of the love that the Father has lavished on us,
by letting us be called God’s children;
and that is what we are.
Because the world refused to acknowledge him,
therefore it does not acknowledge us.