See www.hennesseysfuneralhome.com/obituary/barbara-durso for Visitation location, and please note the donation option in the Obituary because there’s no link to it, and note that the Visitation, mass, and catered lunch at 793 Jackson Ave. (must come! see below) are ALL within 1 block of Dursos.
Catered lunch across the parking lot from the church begins at noon, which is the same time the Funeral Service mass begins, so that visitors opting out of mass can go there immediately.
Catered Lunch, 12 noon – 4 PM
Salad
Rolls/potatoes
BBQ chkn, beef brisket, pulled pork
Warm vegetables
Funeral Service Mass selections
All songs can be played as a single YouTube playlist here while you enjoy the readings: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYCa2OvbyDLvpvhMLvSjegh1_cgdf7tW9
Opening Song
Gather us in (Haugen) https://youtu.be/IbNXqjwh8is
Reading I, Old Testament
(Jeremiah 31: 7a, 8abd, 9a, 12acd, 13) A reading from the prophet Jeremiah:
For thus says the LORD: Look! I will gather them from the ends of the earth, an immense throng—they shall return. With weeping they shall come, but with compassion I will guide them. Shouting, they shall come streaming to the LORD’s blessings: The grain, the wine, and the oil, flocks of sheep and cattle. They themselves shall be like watered gardens, never again neglected. Then young women shall make merry and dance, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, I will show them compassion and have them rejoice after their sorrows.
The word of the Lord.
Psalm
Psalm 139: Song: “You are near” (Schutte). https://youtu.be/WQX8ic2hsfs
[R] O Lord, I know you are near,
standing always at my side.
You guard me from the foe,
and you lead me in ways everlasting.
{1} Lord, you have searched my heart,
and you know when I sit and when I stand.
Your hand is upon me,
protecting me from death,
keeping me from harm. [R]
{2} Where can I run from your love?
If I climb to the heavens you are there,
if I fly to the sunrise,
or sail beyond the sea,
still I’d find you there. [R]
{3 optional} You know my heart and its ways,
you who formed me before I was born,
in the secret of darkness,
before I saw the sun,
in my mother’s womb. [R]
Reading II, New Testament
(1 John 3: 11, 14a, 18, 21-23) A reading from the first letter of Saint John:
Beloved, this is the message you have heard from the beginning: We should love one another. We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers. Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth. Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence in God and receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. And his commandment is this: we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another just as he commanded us.
The word of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation
(John 13:35:) “This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Gospel Reading
(John 13: 31b, 33ac, 34-35. See end note.) A reading from the holy Gospel according to John: Jesus said: My children, I will be with you only a little while longer. You will look for me, so now I give you a new commandment: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another. This is how all will know that you are my disciples:
If you have love for one another.
The Gospel of the Lord.
Prayers of the Faithful
(Maria McIntyre)
†That religious sisters and brothers, anxious about the things of the Lord, serve the Church and the world with holiness of body and spirit. Let us pray to the Lord,
†That civil leaders watch over the welfare of those whom they serve. Let us pray to the lord.
†That this faith community answer Christ’s call to serve the poor.. Let us pray to the Lord.
†For all military service members and their families. let us pray to the lord.
†For all nurses and health care professionals… Let us pray to the lord.
†For a greater respect and appreciation of children, born and unborn, and for the terminally ill, older folks, and people who need extra help in living every day life: that they may be welcomed, reverenced, and protected from all harm.…Let us pray to the Lord,
†That victims of violence and war experience the blessings of peace. Let us pray to the Lord.
†For the spiritual and physical well being of all peoples; for the sick and the dying, and all who are on our prayer list: that God will touch their bodies and spirits with tenderness and healing love…….. Let us pray to the Lord,
“For our LGBTQ+ brothers and sisters and those who minister to all God’s marginalized children, that – in the words of Pope Francis – the church calls together all her children in God’s style of closeness, mercy and tenderness, we pray to the Lord.”
† For all in this community of faith, and our silent prayers (Pause)… :
For most Holy Trinity Parish: that we have a greater unity in the Church,
and we may be one in faith, one in hope, and one in
the peace of the Holy Spirit; …
For all who have died, especially my mom for whom this mass has gathered for,
…Let us pray to the lord.
our family members, our friends, and our fellow parishioners,
that God will open wide the door for them and welcome them to
the eternal banquet of Heaven…Let us pray to the Lord…
Song: Presentation of gifts
Hail Mary Gentle Woman (Cary Landry) https://youtu.be/RERoQ1biLdE
Communion Songs
Procession
Table of plenty (Schutte)
https://youtu.be/_t8O_PwPlKA
Meditation
I am the bread of life (JM Talbot)
https://youtu.be/__Mx-YLvUzw
Closing Song(s)
Lord of the dance (Carter)
https://youtu.be/P-LCIMWH0Nc
-or-
Though the mountains may fall (Schutte)
https://youtu.be/CnGnGBlBc1k
-or-
City of God (Schutte) https://youtu.be/jLBQEUauY-I
-Alt to any above: Eye has not seen (Haugen) https://youtu.be/rRyOS0nZr7s]
End notes
Reading I from the Old Testament
Jeremiah 31: 7a, 8abd, 9a, 12acd, 13, using USCCB translation at bible.usccb.org/bible/jeremiah/31.
Curly brackets mark deletions in Reading I from the Old Testament above:
7[a]
For thus says the LORD:
{Shout with joy for Jacob, exult at the head of the nations; proclaim your praise and say: The LORD has saved his people, the remnant of Israel.}
8[a] Look!
{I will bring them back from the land of the north;}
[b] I will gather them from the ends of the earth,
{the blind and the lame in their midst, Pregnant women, together with those in labor—}
[d] an immense throng—they shall return.
9[a] With weeping they shall come, but with compassion I will guide them;
{I will lead them to streams of water, on a level road, without stumbling. For I am a father to Israel, Ephraim is my firstborn.
10 Hear the word of the LORD, you nations, proclaim it on distant coasts, and say:
The One who scattered Israel, now gathers them; he guards them as a shepherd his flock.
11 The LORD shall ransom Jacob, he shall redeem him from a hand too strong for him.}
12 Shouting,
{they shall mount the heights of Zion,}
they shall come streaming to the LORD’s blessings: The grain, the wine, and the oil, flocks of sheep and cattle; They themselves shall be like watered gardens, never again neglected.
13 Then young women shall make merry and dance, young men and old as well.
I will turn their mourning into joy, I will show them compassion and have them rejoice after their sorrows.
Responsorial Psalm
From Psalm 139
“You are near” (Schutte)
https://youtu.be/WQX8ic2hsfs is based on segments of Psalm 139, in the Catholic lectionary proclaimed (years ABC) on the Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Mass during the Day (lectionary 587) (https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062421-Day.cfm). Here is that responsorial psalm, and below it are the lyrics of “You are near.”
Responsorial Psalm
R. (14) I praise you, for I am wonderfully made.
O LORD, you have probed me, you know me:
you know when I sit and when I stand;
you understand my thoughts from afar.
My journeys and my rest you scrutinize,
with all my ways you are familiar. R.
Truly you have formed my inmost being;
you knit me in my mother’s womb.
I give you thanks that I am fearfully, wonderfully made;
wonderful are your works. R.
My soul also you knew full well;
nor was my frame unknown to you
When I was made in secret,
when I was fashioned in the depths of the earth.
The lyrics of “You are near” https://genius.com/Dan-schutte-you-are-near-lyrics. Inserted parentheticals specify the verse of Psalm 139.
[R]
O Lord, I know you are near,
standing always at my side (5,18).
You guard me from the foe (19-20),
and you lead me in ways everlasting (24).
Lord, you have searched my heart (1,23),
and you know when I sit and when I stand (2).
Your hand is upon me, protecting me from death,
keeping me from harm (5).
Where can I run from your love (7)?
If I climb to the heavens you are there (8)
if I fly to the sunrise or sail beyond the sea (9),
still I’d find you there (8).
You know my heart and its ways (1,2,3),
you who formed me before I was born (13),
in the secret of darkness before I saw the sun (15),
in my mother’s womb (13).
Marvelous to me are your works
how profound are your thoughts, my Lord (14,17).
Even if I could count them, they number as the stars,
you would still be there (18).
Reading II from the New Testament
1 John 3: 11, 14a, 18, 21-23. Adapted from p.67, JM Champlin’s “Through Death to Life” 1 John 3:14-16, using translations from USCCB at bible.usccb.org/bible/1john/3:
Curly brackets mark deletions in Reading II from the New Testament above:
Beloved
{III. Love for One Another
11 For}
this is the message you have heard from the beginning: we should love one another {,
12 unlike Cain who belonged to the evil one and slaughtered his brother. Why did he slaughter him? Because his own works were evil, and those of his brother righteous.
13 Do not be amazed, [then,] brothers, if the world hates you.}
14 We know that we have passed from death to life because we love our brothers. {Whoever does not love remains in death.
15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.
16 The way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
17 If someone who has worldly means sees a brother in need and refuses him compassion, how can the love of God remain in him?}
18 Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth.
{Confidence before God.
19 Now this is how we shall know that we belong to the truth and reassure our hearts before him
20 in whatever our hearts condemn, for God is greater than our hearts and knows everything.}
21 Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence in God
22 and receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
23 And his commandment is this: we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another just as he commanded us.
Gospel Reading
John 13: 31b, 33ac, 34-35 (USCCB: bible.usccb.org/bible/john/13).
Curly brackets mark omitted words in the Gospel reading above.
The New Commandment.
31 {When he had left,}
Jesus said, {
“Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
32 [If God is glorified in him,] God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him at once.}
33 My children, I will be with you only a little while longer. You will look for me, {and as I told the Jews, ‘Where I go you cannot come,’} so now {I say it to you.}
34 I give you a new commandment: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you also should love one another.
35 This is how all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.
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