Celebrating the Life of Sister Deirdre O Loan

Celebrating the Life of Sister Deirdre O’ Loan

2 CHRIST BE OUR LIGHT Longing for light, we wait in darkness Longing for truth, we turn to you Make us your own, your holy people Light for the world to see.

3 CHRIST BE OUR LIGHT Christ be our light! Shine in our hearts Shine through the darkness Christ be our light! Shine in your church, gathered today.

4 CHRIST BE OUR LIGHT Longing for peace, our world is troubled. Longing for hope, many despair. Your word alone has power to save us Make us your living voice.

5 CHRIST BE OUR LIGHT Christ be our light! Shine in our hearts Shine through the darkness Christ be our light! Shine in your church, gathered today.

INTRODUCTORY RITES In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. ALL: Amen. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. ALL: And with your spirit.

PENITENTIAL PRAYER Celebrant: Brothers and sisters, let us acknowledge our sins, and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries. (Pause)

PENITENTIAL PRAYER I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do,

(strike your chest and say: ) through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever. Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.

PENITENTIAL PRAYER Celebrant: May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. All: Amen

KYRIE (Lord Have Mercy) Lord, have mercy Christ, have mercy Lord, have mercy

GLORIA Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to people of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, We give you thanks for your great glory.

Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father. Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us;

you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us.

For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

OPENING PRAYER Let us pray: Look upon us, O God, Creator and ruler of all things, and, that we may feel the working of your mercy, grant that we may serve you with all our heart.

OPENING PRAYER Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. All : Amen.

FIRST READING Ex 32: 7 -11, 13 -14 (Please be seated) A reading from the Book of Exodus The Lord spoke to Moses, ‘Go down now, because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have apostasised. They have been quick to leave the way I marked out for them; they have made themselves a calf of molten metal and have worshipped it and offered it sacrifice. 1/5

“Here is your God, Israel, ” they have cried, “who brought you up from the land of Egypt!” I can see how headstrong these people are! Leave me, now; my wrath shall blaze against them and devour them; of you, however, I will make a great nation. ” 2/5

But Moses pleaded with the Lord his God. ‘Lord, ’ he said, ‘why should your wrath blaze out against this people of yours whom you brought out of the land of Egypt with arm outstretched and mighty hand? 3/5

Remember Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, your servants to whom by your own self you swore and made this promise: I will make your offspring as many as the stars of heaven, and all this land which I promised I will give to your descendants, and it shall be their heritage for ever. ” 4/5

So the Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he threatened. The Word of the Lord. ALL: Thanks be to God. 5/5

RESPONSORIAL PSALM (Ps. 51: 3 -4, 12 -13, 17, 19) RESPONSE: I will leave this place and go to my father. ALL: I will leave this place and go to my father. 1/4

1. Have mercy on me, O God, in your kindness In your compassion blot out my offence. O wash me more and more from my guilt and cleanse me from my sin. ALL: I will leave this place and go to my father. 2/4

2. A pure heart create for me, O God, put a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from your presence, nor deprive me of your holy spirit. ALL: I will leave this place and go to my father. 3/4

3. O Lord, open my lips and my mouth shall declare your praise. My sacrifice is a contrite spirit; a humbled, contrite heart you will not spurn. ALL: I will leave this place and go to my father. 4/4

SECOND READING (Tm. 1: 12 -17) A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Timothy I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, and who judged me faithful enough to call me into his service even though I used to be a blasphemer and did all I could to injure and discredit the faith. 1/5

Mercy, however, was shown me, because until I became a believer I had been acting in ignorance; and the grace of our Lord filled me with faith and with the love that is in Christ Jesus. 2/5

Here is a saying that you can rely on and nobody should doubt: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. I myself am the greatest of them; and if mercy has been shown to me, 3/5

it is because Jesus Christ meant to make me the greatest evidence of his inexhaustible patience for all the other people who would later have to trust in him to come to eternal life. 4/5

To the eternal King, the undying, invisible and only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. The Word of the Lord ALL: Thanks be to God 5/5

(Please rise) GOSPEL ACCLAMATION Alleluia, Alleluia! May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our mind, so that we can see what hope his call holds for us. Alleluia!

GOSPEL READING The Lord be with you. ALL : And with your spirit. A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke ALL: Glory to you, O Lord. (Lk, 15: 1 -10)

The tax collectors and the sinners were all seeking the company of Jesus to hear what he had to say, and the Pharisees and the scribes complained, ‘This man’ they said ‘welcomes sinners and eats with them. ’ So he spoke this parable to them: 1/4

‘What man among you with a hundred sheep, losing one, would not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the missing one till he found it? And when he found it, would he not joyfully take it on his shoulders and then, when he got home, call together his friends, and neighbours? 2/4

“Rejoice with me”, he would say, “I have found my sheep that was lost. ” In the same way, I tell you, there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one repentant sinner than over ninety-nine virtuous men who have no need of repentance.

‘Or again, what woman with ten drachmas would not, if she lost one, light a lamp and sweep out the house and search thoroughly till she found it? And then, when she had found it, call together friends and neighbours?

“Rejoice with me, ” she would say “I have found the drachma I lost. ” In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing among the angels of God over one repentant sinner. ’ The Gospel of the Lord. All: Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. 3/4

HOMILY

PROFESSION OF FAITH I believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, Born of the Father before all ages. 1/6

God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, 2/6

(all bow saying: ) and by the Holy Spirit, was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, 3/6

and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, And his kingdom will have no end. 4/6

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets. 5/6

I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one Baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. ALL: Amen. 6/6

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL Celebrant : Jesus is now with the Father, interceding for us. The power of his presence helps us turn to him confidently with our prayers.

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL Celebrant : My dear friends, as we thank God for the gift of Sister Deirdre's life, and for the dedication and love she has shown to all those whose lives she has touched, we turn to our loving God and place our needs before Him.

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL • I. Theme: for the soul of Sister Deirdre (Clare Tan) Dear God, we thank You for the gift of Sister Deirdre, her life and her love for us all. Welcome her now into Your heavenly home where she will know peace and happiness forever. We give thanks for the person, Sister Deirdre was to all of us who knew her and we pray that we may emulate her in the quality of our relationships and our outreach to others like she did. We pray to the Lord. All: Lord, hear our prayer

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL • 2. Theme: for the family and friends of Sister Deirdre (Erica Lien) Dear God, we pray for the family and friends of Sister Deirdre that you will bless each of them and their family and give them the strength and courage to live by her example of love, generosity and kindness. We pray to the Lord. All: Lord, hear our prayer

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL • 3. Theme: for the IJ Sisters (Therese La Brooy) Dear God, we pray for our IJ Sisters, that your Holy Spirit will continue to guide each one of them to live their vocation with joy and love. We pray that many more young people may follow in Sr Deirdre’s and the IJ Sisters’ footsteps of being religious Sisters. We pray to the Lord. All: Lord, hear our prayer

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL • 4. Theme for the IJ Board of Management and IJ Homes and Children’s Centres Dear God, we pray for your continued guidance to the members of the IJ Boards. Bless them with Your wisdom and guidance as they support the IJ Schools and IJ Homes and Centres. Bless also all who work in the CHIJ Schools and IJ Homes and Children’s Centres that they may inspire, like Sr Deirdre did, generations of children who will uphold and live the Christian values and principles in their lives. We pray to the Lord. All: Lord, hear our prayer

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL • 5. Theme: for all of us gathered here (Micah Kwek) Dear God, grant us who are gathered here the joy of friendship and love. Give us, Lord, your strength and your peace. Bless our families with peace, love and happiness. We pray to the Lord. All: Lord, hear our prayer

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL • Friar John: Let us now pray for our personal intentions. We pray to the Lord All: Lord, hear my prayer

PRAYER OF THE FAITHFUL Conclusion: God our Father, we stand here with our hopes and fears, our cares and concerns, listen to us, deepen our hope and grant us your peace. May everything we do begin with your inspiration and continue with your help, so that all our prayers and works may begin in you and by you be happily ended through Christ our Lord. ALL: Amen.

Liturgy of the Eucharist

TAKE MY HANDS Take my hands and make them as your own, and use them for your kingdom here on earth. Consecrate them to your care, anoint them for your service where you may need your gospel to be sown.

TAKE MY HANDS Take my hands, they speak now for my heart, and by their actions they will show their love. Guard them on their daily course, be their strength and guiding force to ever serve the Trinity above.

TAKE MY HANDS Take my hands, I give them to you, Lord. Prepare them for the service of your name. Open them to human need and by their love they'll sow your seed so all may know the love and hope you gave. Take my hands, take my hands, O Lord

(Please rise) LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST Invitation to Prayer Pray, brethren, that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.

ALL: May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church.

Prayer over the Offerings Look with favour on our supplications, O Lord, and in your kindness accept these, your servants’ offerings, that what each has offered to the honour of your name may serve the salvation of all. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Lord be with you. ALL: And with your spirit. Lift up your hearts. ALL: We lift them up to the Lord. Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. ALL: It is right and just.

PREFACE Celebrant : It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God, through Christ our Lord.

PREFACE Celebrant: For after his Resurrection he plainly appeared to all his disciples and was taken up to heaven in their sight, that he might make us sharers in his divinity.

PREFACE Celebrant: Therefore, overcome with paschal joy, every land, every people exults in your praise and even the heavenly Powers, with the angelic hosts, sing together the unending hymn of your glory, as they acclaim:

SANCTUS (HOLY) Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts Heaven and earth are full of your glory Hosanna in the highest Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord Hosanna in the highest

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I Celebrant: To you, therefore, most merciful Father, we make humble prayer and petition through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord: That you accept and bless these gifts, these offerings, these holy and unblemished sacrifices,

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I which we offer you firstly for your holy catholic Church. Be pleased to grant her peace, to guard, unite and govern her throughout the whole world, together with your servant Francis, our Pope and William, our Archbishop, and all those who, holding to the truth, hand on the catholic and apostolic faith.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I Remember, Lord, your servants, and all gathered here, whose faith and devotion are known to you. For them, we offer you this sacrifice of praise or they offer it for themselves and all who are dear to them: for the redemption of their souls, in hope of health and wellbeing, and paying their homage to you, the eternal God, living and true.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I Celebrating the most sacred day on which your Only Begotten Son, our Lord, placed at the right hand of your glory our weak human nature, which he had united to himself, and in communion with those whose memory we venerate, especially the glorious ever-Virgin Mary, Mother of our God and Lord, Jesus Christ,

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I and blessed Joseph, her Spouse, your blessed Apostles and Martyrs, Peter and Paul, Andrew, and all your Saints; we ask that through their merits and prayers, in all things we may be defended by your protecting help. Therefore, Lord, we pray: graciously accept this oblation of our service, that of your whole family;

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I order our days in your peace, and command that we be delivered from eternal damnation and counted among the flock of those you have chosen.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I Be pleased, O God, we pray, to bless, acknowledge, and approve this offering in every respect; make it spiritual and acceptable, so that it may become for us the Body and Blood of your most Beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I On the day before he was to suffer, he took bread in his holy and venerable hands, and with eyes raised to heaven to you, O God, his almighty Father, giving you thanks, he said the blessing, broke the bread and gave it to his disciples, saying:

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT OF IT, FOR THIS IS MY BODY, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I In a similar way, when supper was ended, he took this precious chalice in his holy and venerable hands, and, once more giving you thanks, he said the blessing and gave the chalice to his disciples, saying: TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND DRINK FROM IT, FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD,

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL COVENANT, WHICH WILL BE POURED OUT FOR YOU AND FOR MANY FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS. DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.

MEMORIAL ACCLAMATION Celebrant: The mystery of faith ALL: We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I Therefore, O Lord, as we celebrate the memorial of the blessed Passion, the Resurrection from the dead, the glorious Ascension into heaven, of Christ, your Son, our Lord, we, your servants and your holy people, offer to your glorious majesty from the gifts that you have given us, this pure victim, this

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I holy victim, this spotless victim, the holy Bread of eternal life and the Chalice of everlasting salvation. Be pleased to look upon these offerings with a serene and kindly countenance, and to accept them, as once you were pleased to accept the Gifts of Abel the just, the sacrifice of Abraham,

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I our father in faith, and the offering of your high priest Melchizedek, a holy sacrifice, spotless victim. In humble prayer we ask you, almighty God: command that these gifts be borne by the hands of your holy Angel to your altar on high in the sight of your divine majesty,

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I so that all of us, who through this participation at the altar receive the most holy Body and Blood of your Son, may be filled with every grace and heavenly blessing.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I Remember also, Lord, your servants, who have gone before us with the sign of faith and rest in the sleep of peace. Grant them, O Lord, we pray, and all who sleep in Christ, a place of refreshment, light and peace.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I To us, also, your servants, who, though sinners, hope in your abundant mercies, graciously grant some share and fellowship with your holy Apostles and Martyr: with John the Baptist, Stephen, Matthias, Barnabas, and all your Saints; admit us, we beseech you,

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER I into their company, not weighing our merits, but granting us pardon, through Christ our Lord. Through whom you continue to make all these good things, O Lord; you sanctify them, fill them with life, bless them, and bestow them upon us.

DOXOLOGY Through him, and with him, and in him, O God, almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honour is yours, for ever and ever. ALL: Amen.

(Please rise) THE COMMUNION RITE At the Saviour’s command formed by divine teaching, we dare to say:

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Celebrant: Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil, graciously grant peace in our days, that, by the help of your mercy, we may always be free from sin and safe from all distress, as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ.

ALL: For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now, and for ever.

Celebrant: Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your Apostles; Peace I leave you, my peace I give you, look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church, and graciously grant her peace and unity in accordance with your will. Who live and reign for ever and ever. ALL: Amen.

SIGN OF PEACE The peace of the Lord be with you always. ALL: And with your spirit. Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

PEACE BE WITH YOU

AGNUS DEI (Lamb of God) Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us (x 2) Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, grant us peace

(Please kneel) INVITATION TO COMMUNION Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb. ALL: Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.

COMMUNION Communion is only for Baptised Catholics who have received the Sacrament of the Eucharist .

COMMUNION HYMN (Please be seated) CENTER OF MY LIFE O Lord, you are the center of my life I will always praise you I will always serve you I will always keep you in my sight 1/7

CENTER OF MY LIFE Keep me safe O God, I take refuge in you. I say to the Lord "You are my God, My happiness lies in you alone. ” 2/7

CENTER OF MY LIFE O Lord, you are the center of my life I will always praise you I will always serve you I will always keep you in my sight 3/7

CENTER OF MY LIFE I will bless you, Lord, you give me counsel, And even at night direct my heart. I keep you, Lord, ever in my sight Since you are at my right I shall stand firm. 4/7

CENTER OF MY LIFE O Lord, you are the center of my life I will always praise you I will always serve you I will always keep you in my sight 5/7

CENTER OF MY LIFE You will show me the path of life, the fullness of joy in your presence, at your right hand happiness forever. 6/7

CENTRE OF MY LIFE O Lord, you are the center of my life I will always praise you I will always serve you I will always keep you in my sight 7/7

THANKSGIVING HYMN (Please be seated) LET NOTHING DISTURB YOU Let nothing disturb you or take away your peace Make your home in God Let nothing alarm you or hold your heart in fear Know that all things fade away For God is unchanging God is ever true God who loves you so 1/3

LET NOTHING DISTURB YOU So be patient with what is And everything is yours All you need, our God will give For with God in your heart, and your faith strong in him Know you will forever live 2/3

LET NOTHING DISTURB YOU For God is unchanging God is ever true God who loves you so Let nothing disturb you or take away your peace Make your home make your home in God Amen 3/3

(Please rise) PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION Let us pray: May the working of this heavenly gift, O Lord, we pray, take possession of our minds and bodies, so that its effects, and not our own desires, may always prevail in us. Through Christ our Lord. ALL: Amen.

CONCLUDING RITES The Lord be with you. ALL: And with your spirit. May almighty God bless you, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. ALL: Amen.

CONCLUDING RITES Go forth, the Mass is ended. ALL: Thanks be to God.

RECESSIONAL HYMN ALL IS WELL (Please rise) When our life on earth is ended and the last day of the world. We shall be gathered in the presence of our God. And in the things which now are hidden, Which we cannot understand, We will then see clearly God's loving, guiding hand.

ALL IS WELL None of us will say "If we had known these things, There need not have been the pain. " Instead there will be joy at the amazing love In everything ordained. And we'll cry, "Lord, may you be blessed for all is well. All is well forever. "

ALL IS WELL For in spite of all our pain and the sorrow we endure, God is truly with us and his love forever sure. It is his will that we should know We are always in his care - God holds us in such love. We never need despair.

ALL IS WELL None of us will say "If we had known these things, There need not have been the pain. " Instead there will be joy at the amazing love In everything ordained. And we'll cry, "Lord, may you be blessed for all is well. All is well forever. "

ALL IS WELL “Lord, may you be blessed for all is well. All is well forever. "

Thank you to each of you for Celebrating the Life of Sister Deirdre O’ Loan with us