in grief and also in profound thanksgivings, we come to this house of god to a place of prayer. to a church where remembrance and hope are sacred duties. here, where queen elizabeth was married and crowned, we gather from across the nation, from the commonwealth, and from the nations of the world, to mourn our loss. to remember her long life of selfless service and ensure confidence to commit her to the mercy of god, our maker and redeemer. with gratitude, we remember her commitment to a high calling over so many years as queen and head of the commonwealth. with admiration, we recall her life-long sense of duty and dedication to her people. with thanksgiving, we praise god for her constant example of chri christian faith and devotion. with affection we recall the love for her family and the causes she held dear. now in silence, let us in our hearts and minds, recall our many reasons for thanksgiving. pray for all members of her family. and commend qu
we now move to the prayer of the faithful. translator: brothers and sisters, let us pray to god our father for his forgiveness and rebirth to the living hope for the resurrection of jesus to the dead. the response is let us pray to the lord. translator: we pray in german. the pope emeritus benedict who has fallen asleep in the lord, may the eternal shepherd receive him into his kingdom of light and peace. translator: we pray in french. for our holy father pope francis and for all the pastors of the church, may they proclaim fearlessly in word and deed ch christ s victory over evil and death. 6 translator: we pray in arabic. for our leaders of nations and international organizations, may they strive to promote justice and peace with wisdom and foresight. translator: we pray in portuguese. for our brothers and sisters in need, may god s love open our hearts to compassion and concern for the poor and for the least of our brothers and sisters. tran
we now move to the prayer of the faithful. brothers and sisters, let us pray to god our father and his mercy has given us rebirth to a living home flew the resurrection of jesus from the dead. the response is, let us pray to the lord. we pray in german. for pope emeritus, benedict, may the eternal shepard receive him into his kingdom of light and peace. we pray in french. translator: for our holy father, pope francis, and for all the pastors of the church, may they proclaim fearlessly in word and deed christ s victory over evil and death. we pray in arabic. for leaders of nation and international organizations, may they strive to promote justice and peace with wisdom and foresight. we pray in portuguese. for our brothers and sisters in need. may god s love open our hearts to compassion and concern for the poor and for the least of our brothers and sisters. and we pray in italian. for us gathered to celebrate the defeat of death by the triumph of the lord jes
of the saints. and now we have the final commendation and farewell. dear brothers and sisters in celebrating the sacred mysteries we have open the our minds and hearts to joy filled help. with confidence we now offer our final farewell to pope emeritus benedict and commend him to god, our merciful and loving father. may the god of our fathers through jesus christ his only son and the holy spirit, lord and giver of life, deliver pope emeritus benedict from death that he may sing god s praises in a heavenly jerusalem and expectation of the resurrection of his mortal body on the last day, bless the virgin mary queen of the apostles and [ speaking non-english ] intercede barret the eternal father that he may reveal the face of jesus, his son, to pope
resignation and as francis says, makes it an institution. the conversation we have now is how can we do that a bit better than the post papacy of benedict xvi. christopher belito, thank you very much. let s listen in to pope francis. translator: may the god of our fathers in the holy spirit, lord and giver of life, deliver pope emeritus benedict from death, that he may sing god s praises in the heavenly jerusalem in the resurrection of his body on the last day. may the virgin mary, queen of the apostles intercede before the eternal father that he may reveal the face of jesus, his son, to pope emeritus benedict and to console the church as she awaits the lord s return .