“The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.”
Eternal Father, you are the God not of dead but of the living. You are calling each of us by each name to establish a loving relationship with you, not only in this earthly and temporal life, but to life eternal. And the only way to you is love. For to love is to live and to live is to love. And love never dies. There is nothing more dreadful than being separated from you who is Love. And to be separated from you is worse than death. And so, we pray for all our departed brothers and sisters who, due to human weakness while on earth, fall short in their love of you. Help us love you each day Lord God. Make us grow in love so that even when we die, we will surely live eternally with you. We ask this through Jesus Christ, in the Holy Spirit, Who Is Love. Amen.
All the Saints, pray for us and all our departed.
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