Christian Verses

Safely Home:
I am home in heaven, dear ones.
Oh, so happy and so bright!
There is a perfect joy and beauty
In the everlasting light.
All the pain and grief is over,
Every restless tossing passed;
I am now at peace forever,
Safely home in heaven at last.
There is work still waiting for you,
So you must not idly stand,
Do it now, while life remaineth-
You shall rest in God's own land.
When that work is all completed,
He will gently call you Home;
Oh, the rapture of that meeting
Oh, the joy to see you come!

Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi :
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
Grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console;
To be understood, as to understand;
To be loved, as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
And it is in dying that
we are born to eternal life.

O My Father:
O my Father, thou that dwellest
in the high and glorious place,
When shall regain thy presence,
and again behold thy face?
In thy holy habitation,
did my spirit once reside?
In my first primeval childhood,
was I nurtured near thy side?
For a wise and glorious purpose
thou hast placed me here on earth,
And withheld the recollection
of my former friends and birth,
Yet oft-times a secret something
whispered, "you're a stranger here,"
And I felt that I had wandered
from a more exalted sphere.
I had learned to call thee Father,
through thy Spirit from on high;
But until the key of knowledge
was restored, I knew not why.
In the heavens are parents single?
No; the thought makes reason stare!
Truth is reason, truth eternal
tells me I've a mother there.
When I leave this frail existence,
when I lay this mortal by.
Father, Mother, may I meet you
in your royal courts on high?
Then, at length, when I've completed
all you sent me forth to do,
With your mutual approbation
let me come and dwell with you.

Footprints:
One night a man had a dream.
He dreamed he was walking
along the beach with the Lord.
Across the sky flashed scenes from his life.
For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand;
one belonging to him, and the other to the Lord.
When the last scene of his life flashed before him,
he looked back at the footprints in the sand.
He noticed that many times along the path of his life
there was only one set of footprints.
He also noticed that it happened
at the very lowest and saddest times in his life.
This really bothered him and he questioned the Lord about it,
"Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you,
you'd walk with me all the way.
But I have noticed that during
the most troublesome times in my life,
there is only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why when I needed you more,
you would leave me."
The Lord replied, "My son,
My precious child, I love you
and I would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you."
--Author unknown

Hail Mary:
Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with thee,
blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners, now
and at the hour
of our death. Amen-

AVE MARIA
Dios te salve Maria.
Llena eres de gracia
El Señor es contigo bendita
eres entre todas las mujeres
bendito es el fruto de tu vientre Jesus.
Santa Maria Madre de Dios
ruega por nosotros
los pecadores ahora
y en la hora de nuestra muerte.
Amen.-

Serenity Prayer:
God grant me the Serenity
to accept the things
I cannot change,
Courage to change
the things I can,
And Wisdom
to know the difference.

Comfort
The Power who pities man
has shown a blessing
for the eyes that weep.
The light of smiles
shall fill again the lids
that overflow with tears;
and weary hours of woe and pain
are promises of happier years.
There is a day of sunny rest
for every dark and troubled night;
and grief may bide an evening guest,
but joy shall come with early light.
For God hath marked
each sorrowing day,
and numbered every secret tear,
and Heaven's long age of bliss
shall pay for all His children
suffer here.
William Cullen Bryant-

Every Blade
Every blade in the field
Every leaf in the forest
Lays down its life
in its season
As beautifully
as it was taken up
Thoreau

God Saw You
God saw you getting tired,
and a cure was not to be.
So He put His arms around you
and whispered "Come to Me".
With tearful eyes we watched you,
and saw you pass away.
Although we love you dearly,
we could not make you stay.
A golden heart stopped beating,
hard working hands at rest.
God broke our hearts to prove to us,
He only takes the best.

God's Garden
Must Be Beautiful
God looked around the garden,
and found an empty space.
He looked down upon the earth,
and saw your tired face.
He put his arms around you,
and lifted you to rest.
God's garden must be beautiful
for he only takes the best.
He knew that you were weary,
and he knew you were in pain.
He knew that you would
never be well on earth again.
He saw the roads were getting rough,
and the hills were hard to climb.
So he closed your weary eyelids,
and whispered peace be thine.

Guidepaths To Peace
Be glad of life because it gives you
the chance to love and to work
and to play and to look up at the stars;
to be satisfied with your possessions
but not content with yourself
until you have made the best of them;
to despise nothing in the world
except falsehood and meanness,
and to fear nothing except cowardice;
to be governed by your admirations
rather than by your disgusts;
to covet nothing that is your neighbor's
except his kindness of heart
and gentleness of manners;
to think seldom of your enemies,
often of your friends,
and every day of Christ;
and to spend as much time
as you can with body and spirit
in God's out of doors --
these are little guidepaths to peace.
Henry van Dyke

His Precious Gift
One gift, above all others
God gives to us to treasure
one that knows no time,
no place and one gold
cannot measure.
The precious, poignant, tender gift
of memory that will keep
our dear ones ever in our hearts
although God gives them sleep.
It brings back
long-remembered things
a song, a word, a smile
and our world's a better place
because we had them for awhile!
Jessie Home Fairweather

Memorare
Remember O most gracious
Virgin Mary that never was it known
that anyone who fled to Thy protection,
implored Thy help,
and sought Thy intercession
was left unaided.
Inspired with this confidence,
I fly unto Thee, O Virgin of virgins,
My Mother! to Thee I come;
before Thee I stand,
sinful and sorrowful.
Oh Mother of the Word incarnate!
despise not my petitions,
but, in Thy mercy,
hear and answer me.
Amen.

Let Us Pray
Almighty and most merciful God
who, when little children born again
of water depart this mortal life,
dost forthwith,
without any desert of other,
bestow upon them life everlasting,
as we believe Thou hast done
to this little child,
grant, we beseech Thee,
that through the intercession
of the Blessed Virgin Mary
and of all Thy Saints,
we may serve Thee
here with pure minds
and be forever united
to the blessed little ones in Paradise.
Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Prayer
May the angels
lead you into Paradise,
may the Martyrs
receive you at your coming,
and take you to Jerusalem,
the holy city.
May the choirs
of the Angels receive you,
and may you
with the once poor Lazarus,
have rest everlasting.
Amen.
May the Souls
of all the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God,
rest in peace. Amen.

Some Day
Some day all doubt and mystery,
will be made clear;
the threatened clouds
which now we see will disappear.
Some day what seems a punishment,
or loss, or pain,
will prove to be God's blessing
sent for every gain.
Some day our weary feet will rest
in sweet content, and we will know
how we were blest by what was sent.
And looking back with clearer eyes
O'er Life's short span,
will see with wondering, glad surprise,
God's perfect plan. And knowing
that the way we went was God's own way,
will understand His wise intent,
some day-some day.

Soul Takes Flight
Lord, when my soul takes flight,
may it rise swiftly
to live forever in your love and care.

The Lord's Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done on earth
as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.;
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,;
and the power,
and the glory, forever.
Amen.

The Resurrection Prayer
Most merciful Father,
we commend our departed into your hands.
We are filled with the sure hope
that our departed will rise again
on the Last Day
with all who have died in Christ.
We thank you for all the good things
you have given
during our departed's earthly life.
O Father, in your great mercy,
accept our prayer
that the Gates of Paradise may be opened
for your servant.
In our turn, may we too be comforted
by the words of faith
until we greet Christ in glory
and are united with you
and our departed.
Through Christ our Lord, Amen.

The Weaver
My life is but a weaving
between my Lord and me.
I cannot choose the colors;
He worketh steadily.
Ofttimes He weaveth sorrow
and I, in foolish pride,
forget He sees the upper
and I, the underside.
Not 'til the loom is silent
and the shuttles cease to fly,
shall God unroll the canvas
and explain the reason why.
The dark threads are as needful
in the Weaver's skillful hand
as the threads of gold and silver
in the pattern He has planned.
He knows, He loves, He cares;
nothing this truth can dim,
He gives His very best to those
who leave the choice with Him.

When You're Alone
When you're alone with Jesus
and He sweetly smiles on thee,
Will you gently whisper to Him
a little prayer for me?
And when I'm alone with Jesus
and all else is hid from view,
I'll gently drop into His heart
a little prayer for you.

O Mother of Perpetual Help
O Mother of Perpetual Help,
in Thy hands we place his eternal salvation,
and to Thee do we entrust his soul.
Eternal Father, we offer Thee
the wounds of our Lord Jesus Christ
to heal the wounds of his soul.
My Jesus pardon and mercy
through the merits of Thy sacred wounds.
Sweet Heart of Mary, Be my salvation.
(300 days indulgence)
My Jesus Mercy
(100 days indulgence)
Requiescat in Peace.
Amen.

O Gentlest Heart of Jesus
O gentlest heart of Jesus,
ever present in the Blessed Sacrament,
ever consumed with burning love
for the poor captive souls,
have mercy on the soul
of Thy departed servant.
Be not severe in Thy judgment
but let some drops of Thy Precious Blood
fall upon the devouring flames,
and do Thou O Merciful Saviour,
send Thy Angels to conduct
Thy departed servant to a place
of refreshment, light and peace. Amen.
May the souls of all the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Amen.
Merciful Jesus grant eternal rest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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