Short memorial verses

A light from our household has gone,A voice we loved is stilled,A place is vacant in our home,That never can be filled.

No matter how life changes,No matter what we do,A special place within our heartsIs always kept for you.

Loved with a love beyond all telling,Missed with a grief beyond all tears.

Each time we look at your picture,You seem to smile and say,Don’t be sad but courage take,And love each other for my sake.

God called your name so softly,That only you could hear,And no one heard the footstepsOf Angels drawing near.The golden gates stood open,God saw you needed rest,His garden must be beautiful,He only takes the best.

Just a prayer from the family who loved you,Just a memory fond and true,In our hearts you will live forever,Because we thought the world of you.

They Shall Grow Not Old

They shall grow not old,As we that are left grow old,Age shall not weary them,Nor the years condemn.At the going down of the sunAnd in the morning,We will remember them.

It does not take a special dayFor me to think of you,Each Mass I hear, each prayer I say,Is offered up for you.

Those who die in grace go no further from usthan to God, and God is very near.

Lonely is the home without you,Life to us is not the same;All the world would be like Heaven,If we could have you back again.

It was a sudden parting,Too bitter to forget,Only those who loved youAre the ones who will never forget.

Your life was one of kindly deeds,A helping hand for other’s needs,Sincere and true in heart and mind,Beautiful memories left behind.

A silent grief that’s in our hearts,No human eye can trace,For many a broken heart is hidBeneath a smiling face.

The happy hours we once enjoyed,How sweet their memory still,But death has left a vacant placeThis world can never fill.

Say A Prayer

Each time you think of me,Remember would you please,Whether standing at a bus stopOr in Church on your knees.It doesn’t need to be a long one,A little one will do,But say a prayer, any prayer,And I will watch over you.

Acknowledgement Verse

Perhaps you sent a lovely card,Or sat quietly in a chair.Perhaps you sent a funeral spray,If so we saw it 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.· · ·

We hold you close within our hearts,And there you shall remain,To walk with us throughout our livesUntil we meet again.

Eternal Rest

Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord,And let perpetual light shine upon her.May she rest in peace. Amen.

The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenityTo accept the things I cannot change,The courage to change the things I can,And the wisdom to know the difference.

O Sweet Jesus, for the sake of Thy bitter Passionand the sorrows of Thy Immaculate Mother,have mercy on his soul and let the lightof Thy countenance shine upon him.

We miss your smile, your joking ways,We miss the things you used to say,And when the old times we do recall,It’s then we miss you most of all.

He was a father so very rare,Content in his home and always there.On earth he toiled, in heaven he rests,God bless you, father, you were one of the best.

He never thought when leaving homeHe would never more return,That he in death so soon would sleepAnd leave us here alone.

Not gone from Daddy’s memory,Not gone from Mammy’s love,But gone to shine with JesusIn His beautiful home above.

Hold him, O Jesus, in Thy arms,And let him henceforth beA messenger of love betweenOur human hearts and Thee.