“At the death of a Christian, whose life of faith was begun in the water of baptism and strengthened at the Eucharistic table, the Church intercedes on behalf of the deceased because of its confident belief that death is not the end, nor does it break the bonds forged in life. The Church also ministers to the sorrowing and consoles them in the funeral rites with the comforting word of God and the sacrament of the eucharist.” [Order of Christian Funerals, 4]

“The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life, is by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring…”

“Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary, and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?”

The Gift of Freedom and Prayer

“So whoever is in Christ is a new creation: the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come.”

Goodbye and thank you.

“And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.”

“This is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed for many.”

“Then Jesus approached and said to them… Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations… And behold, I am with you always…”

“Live by the Spirit, and you will certainly not gratify the desire of the flesh. For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you may not do what you want.”

“None of them was lost except the son of destruction, in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled.”

“It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain.”

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower. He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit, and every one that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.”

“I lay down my life in order to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have power to lay it down, and power to take it up again.”

Christ is risen, alleluia!

He is risen indeed, alleluia!

“For the love of God is this, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome”

“This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad.”

“Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave…”

“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”

“Then Jesus said, ‘I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see might see, and those who do see might become blind.’”