Joseph Dies at Home

The Loss of a Spouse:

The Covenant is Completed. 

Leader:
Oh Most Holy Family, Jesus, Mary and Joseph; intercede for us who seek your help.

All:
For in you we place all our faith and all our trust.

Meditation:
(1 Cor. 13:4-8) Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, love is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, it is not quick-tempered, it does not brood over injury, it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.

Reflection:
It is surely a painful truth that the husband and wife who have worked so hard to be faithful to each other in their marriage, will just as surely suffer greater pain when the spouse dies. For even though their marriage covenant is completed, their love is not. The deceased spouse remains alive in memories, in prayers and in undying hope.

Prayer-All:
We offer a special prayer to you, Oh Lord, for all who have lost their spouses. Console them in their grief with your sacred presence in the Holy Eucharist, and with your certain promise of eternal life for all who are so faithful to their marriage vows.

Our Father...
Hail Mary....
Glory be to the Father...