Acknowledgments for
Funeral PROGRAMS
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Acknowledgment #1
Thank you sincerely for your kind expressions of sympathy during our bereavement. Your thoughtfulness and love can never be repaid. May you be eternally blessed. The [Insert Name] Family
Acknowledgment #2
The family of the late [name of deceased] wish to express their appreciation
for your kind thoughts and expressions of sympathy. We are eternally grateful for your love and kindness.
The Family of [Insert Name]
Acknowledgment #3
Of great comfort during our sorrow were the expressions of sympathy
conveyed to us in many ways. We appreciate your thoughtfulness and thank you most sincerely. Forever thankful, the Family of [Insert Name]
Acknowledgment #4
Your comforting expressions of sympathy will always be
remembered with deep gratitude. Your kindness can never be repaid. We are eternally thankful. The Family of [Insert Name]
Acknowledgment #5
Thank you for your prayers and support during our time of loss. It has meant so much to our family.
The family of [Insert Name]
Acknowledgment #6
We deeply appreciate your kind expression of sympathy in our time of great sorrow.
Thank you for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers. Your expressions of love will never be forgotten. Forever grateful, the Family of [Insert Name]
Acknowledgment #7
We are sincerely grateful to the many friends who have
given us support and comfort during this time of loss. Your presence, your prayers, your support has helped us to make it through this difficult time. We are eternally grateful. Thank you, the Family of [Insert Name]
Acknowledgment #8
Your kind expression of sympathy Is gratefully acknowledged
And deeply appreciated The Family of [Insert Name]
Acknowledgment #9
Perhaps you sent a lovely card or sat quietly in a chair.
Perhaps you sent those beautiful flowers, that we saw sitting there.
Perhaps you spoke the kindest words, as any friend could say.
Perhaps you were not there at all, just thought of us that day.
Whatever you did to console our hearts we thank you so much for whatever part. Forever grateful, the family of [Insert Name]
Acknowledgment #10
[Insert Name]and family would like to thank most sincerely all relatives friends and neighbors who attended [Mary's] funeral service. The many cards, flowers, and messages of condolence received comforted our hearts. Special thanks to [Insert Name]for all their care and help. Also a big thank you to [Insert Name] for a superb medical care of [Insert Name]. Our sincere thanks to Funeral Director [Insert Name] for the care, respect, and dignity shown to all the family at this sad time.
Forever grateful, the Family of [Insert Name]
Acknowledgment #11
We sincerely Grateful for the richness of her life, the kindness of her heart and the love of her friends, The family of [Insert Name] thank you for your loving concern May the good Lord, who has welcomed [Insert Name] bless you and your family for the love and kindness that you've extended to us. Forever grateful. The family of [Insert Name]
Acknowledgment #12
Your kind expression of sympathy Is gratefully acknowledged
And deeply appreciated The Family of [Insert Name]
Acknowledgment #13
It is difficult to find words to express how thankful we are for your expression of love to our family during this truly difficult time. We are very grateful for the friendship that we share. Warm regards, the Family of [Insert Name]
Acknowledgment #14
How truly grateful we are to have wonderful friends like you! Your love and support for our family has been very much appreciated during this time of loss. Thanks again, the Family of [Insert Name]
Acknowledgment #15
During a time like this
we realize how much our
family and friends
mean to us... Your kind expression of sympathy will always be remembered.
The Family of [Insert Name]
Acknowledgment #16
The family of [Insert Name]
is grateful to God for her life, your friendship, and for your kindness and prayers.
Prayers for
Funerals
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Prayer #1
Psalm 23
King James Version (Traditional)
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul:
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil:
For thou art with me;
Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
Thou anointest my head with oil; My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Prayer#2
The 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.
Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with
Him forever in the next.
Amen.
Prayer #3
Lord Of All We Praise You
Lord of all, we praise you
for all who have entered into their rest and reached the promised land where you are seen face to face. Give us grace to follow in their footsteps as they followed in the way of your Son.
Thank you for the memory of those you have called to yourself: by each memory, turn our hearts from things seen to things unseen,
and lead us till we come to the eternal rest
you have prepared for your people, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Prayer #4
The Beatitudes
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the
Kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Blessed are they which hunger and thirst
after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall
obtain mercy.
Prayer #5
Little Angels
When God calls little children to dwell with Him above,
We mortals sometimes question the wisdom of His love. For no heartache compares with the death of one small child, who does so much to make our world seem wonderful and mild.
Perhaps God tires of calling the aged to His fold, so He picks a rosebud before it can grow old. God knows how much we need them, and so he takes but few to make the land of heaven more beautiful to view.
Believing this is difficult still somehow we must try,
the saddest word mankind knows will always be "Goodbye" So when a little child departs, we who are
left behind must realize God loves children, angels are hard to find.
(Author unknown)
Prayer#6
Almighty God, in your great love you crafted us by your hand and breathed life into us by your Spirit. Although we became a rebellious people, you did not abandon us to our sin. In your tender mercy, you sent your Son
to restore in us your image.
In obedience to your will,
he gave up his life for us,
bearing in his body our sins on the cross. By your mighty power, you raised him from the grave and exalted him to the throne of glory.
Rejoicing in his victory
and trusting in your promise
to make alive all who turn to Christ, we commend N to your mercy and we join with all your faithful people
and the whole company of heaven in the one unending song of praise: glory and wisdom and honour be to our God for ever and ever.
Amen.
Prayer #7
Eternal God and Father,
we praise you that you have made people to share life together and to reflect your glory in the world.
We thank you now for [Name], for all that we saw of your goodness and love in his/her life and for all that he/she means to each one of us. As we too journey towards death may we do so in the company of Jesus,
who came to share our life
that we might share the life of eternity. To him be glory with you and the Holy Spirit
for ever and ever.
Amen.
Prayer #8
Father in heaven, we praise your name for all who have finished this life loving and trusting you, for the example of their lives, the life and grace you gave them,
and the peace in which they rest. We praise you today for your servant [Name]
and for all that you did through him/her.
Meet us in our sadness
and fill our hearts with praise and thanksgiving,
for the sake of our risen Lord, Jesus Christ.
Amen.
Prayer #9
O God, you do not willingly grieve or afflict your children.
Look with pity on the suffering of this family in their loss.
Sustain them in their anguish;
and into the darkness of their grief
bring the light of your love;
through Jesus, we pray.
Amen.
Prayer#10
Heavenly Father,
you have not made us for darkness and death,
but for life with you forever.
Without you we have nothing to hope for; with you, we have nothing to fear. Speak to us now your words of eternal life. Lift us from anxiety and guilt to the light and peace of your presence, and set the glory of your love before us;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Prayer #11
Almighty God,
you love everything you have made and judge us with infinite mercy and justice.
We rejoice in your promises of pardon, joy and peace
to all those who love you.
In your mercy turn the darkness of death into the dawn of new life,
and the sorrow of parting into the joy of heaven;
through our Saviour Jesus Christ, who died, rose again, and lives for evermore.
Amen.
Prayer #12
God our refuge and strength,
close at hand in our distress;
meet us in our sorrow and lift our eyes to the peace and light of your constant care.
Help us so to hear your word of grace that our fear will be dispelled by your love,
our loneliness eased by your presence and our hope renewed by your promises
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Prayer #13
Living God, you have lit the day with the sun’s light
and the midnight with shining stars.
Lighten our hearts with the bright beams
of the Sun of Righteousness
risen with healing in his wings,
Jesus Christ our Lord.
And so preserve us in the doing of your will,
that at the last we may shine
as the stars for ever;
through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Prayer#14
Lord God, creator of all,
you have made us creatures of this earth but have also promised us a share in life eternal: receive our thanks and praise that, through the passion and death of Christ,
your child [Name] , our brother/sister, whom we commend into your hands today, shares with your saints in the joy of heaven,
where there is neither sorrow nor pain
but life everlasting. Alleluia.
Amen.
Prayer #15
Lord, in weakness or in strength we bear your image.
We pray for those we love
who now live in a land of shadows, where the light of memory is dimmed,
where the familiar lies unknown, where the beloved become as strangers.
Hold them in your everlasting arms, and grant to those who care a strength to serve,
patience to persevere,
a love to last and peace that passes human understanding.
Hold us in your everlasting arms, today and for all eternity; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Prayer #16
God our Father,
we thank you that you have made each of us
in your own image,
and given us gifts and talents with which to serve you.
We thank you for [Name],
the years we shared with him/her, the good we saw in him/her, the love we received from him/her. Now give us strength and courage
to leave him/her in your care,
confident in your promise of eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Prayer #17
Father of all mercies and God of all consolation, you pursue us with untiring love and dispel the shadow of death
with the bright dawn of life.
Give courage to this family in their loss and sorrow. Be their refuge and strength, O Lord, reassure them of your continuing love and lift them from the depths of grief
into the peace and light of your presence. Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, by dying has destroyed our death,
and by rising, restored our life. Your Holy Spirit, our comforter, speaks for us in groans too deep for words.
Come alongside your people,
remind them of your eternal presence and give them your comfort and strength.
Amen.
Prayer#18
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God.
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: ‘When shall I come and appear before God?’ My tears have been my food day and night, while they say unto me all the day: ‘Where is Thy God?’
These things I remember and pour out my soul within me,
how I passed on with the throng, and led them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping holiday. Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why moanest thou within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise Him for the salvation of His countenance.
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Prayer #19
God of hope,
we come to you in shock and grief and confusion of heart.
Help us to find peace in the knowledge
of your loving mercy to all your children,
and give us light to guide us out of our darkness
into the assurance of your love,
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
Prayer #20
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us all with the gift of this earthly life and has given to our brother/sister [Name]
his/her span of years and gifts of character.
God our Father, we thank you now for all his/her life,
for every memory of love and joy, for every good deed done by him/her and every sorrow shared with us.
We thank you for his/her life and for his/her death,
we thank you for the rest in Christ he/she now enjoys,
we thank you for giving him/her to us,
we thank you for the glory we shall share together.
Hear our prayers through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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