Transcript of Leo McGarry's funeral. Requiem. Episode 7.18
Notes:
· read by Mitchell Edmonds
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0249508/
· prayers are from The book of Common Prayer.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/bcp.txt
· most of these prayers were used at Ronald Reagan's
funeral. http://www.whitehouse.gov/interactive/rr-program.html
I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord;
he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live;
and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.
I know that my Redeemer liveth,
and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth;
and though this body be destroyed, yet shall I see God;
whom I shall see for myself and mine eyes shall behold,
and not as a stranger.
For none of us liveth to himself,
and no man dieth to himself.
For if we live, we live unto the Lord.
and if we die, we die unto the Lord.
Whether we live, therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord;
even so saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labors.
The Lord be with you.
Let us Pray.
Almighty God, we thank thee that in thy great love thou hast fed us with the
spiritual food and drink of the Body and Blood of thy Son Jesus Christ, and
hast given unto us a taste of thy heavenly banquet. Grant that this
Sacrament may be unto us a comfort in affliction, and a pledge of our
inheritance in that kingdom where there is no death, neither sorrow nor
crying, but the fullness of joy with all thy saints; through Jesus Christ
our Saviour. Amen.
Give rest, O Christ, to thy servant with thy saints, where sorrow and pain
are no more, neither sighing, but life everlasting.
Thou only art immortal, the creator and maker of mankind; and we are mortal,
formed of the earth, and unto earth shall we return. For so thou didst
ordain when thou createdst me, saying, Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt
thou return. All go down to the dust; yet even at the grave we make our
song: Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia.
Give rest, O Christ, to thy servant with thy saints, where sorrow and pain
are no more, neither sighing, but life everlasting.
Into thy hands, O merciful Saviour, we commend thy servant Leo. Acknowledge,
we humbly beseech thee, a sheep of thine own fold, a lamb of thine own
flock, a sinner of thine own redeeming. Receive him into the arms of thy
mercy, into the blessed rest of everlasting peace, and into the glorious
company of the saints in life. Amen.
Let us go forth in the name of Christ. Thanks be to God.
Post by JOHN MATRANGAany one have or know where I can get a transcript of Leo's funeral??????