Could-it-be … ‘Handing-up’ Loved Ones:

 

Example of a Wake Service

 Date, Month and Year

 

Full Name of the Deceased

 

Born  __________________Date

Born to Eternal Life_______________________Death Date

 

Name of Funeral Home, Address/City/State

6:00 P.M. Scripture Service, 6:30 P.M. Catholic Daughters of America Rosary

 

Presider: Name

Organist/Instrumentalist/Family Members and Friends as Choir.

 

Gathering: Eye Has Not Seen

 

Prayer

 

First Reading: Romans 8: 31-35, 37-39

 

Responsorial Psalm: You Are Near

 

Alleluia and Verse                       

 

Gospel                           

 

Homily (Speak to the Presider about your loved one that would assist him in developing his homily; stories, virtues, characteristics, what he/she have meant to the family & community)…a family member/friend could ‘Speak a word!’

 

General Intercession of the Prayers of the Faithful: …See below.                  

 

The Lord’s Prayer               

 

Closing Prayer/Blessing                       Benediction Song