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THE COLLECT

Priest Eternal God, our maker and redeemer,
grant us with Gillian and all the faithful departed

the sure benefits of your Son’s saving grace,

that, in the last day,
when you gather up all things in Christ,

we may with them enjoy the fullness of your presence

through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,

in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, now and for ever.
All Amen.

All sit.

GONE FROM MY SIGHT
read by Ben Hodgson

I am standing upon the seashore

a ship at my side spreads her white

sails to the morning breeze and starts

for the blue ocean.

She is an object of beauty and strength.

I stand and watch her until at length

she hangs like a speck of white cloud

just where the sea and sky come

to mingle with each other.