Burial of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1994)

because for is for for for dear friends, we are gathered here today to pray to pay our respects and share our grief at the passing of Jacen Kennedy Onasis, so loved and so deeply missed, there is an old saying in the church that says that for those that dying in the faith of Christ a funeral is both for the comfort of the living and for the comfort of the deceased, so in this hour of farewell let us remember the eternal door of God's presence in heaven as we pray for Jacen and for Ourselves and now the words of the President of the United States, we join here today as we view the Eternal Flame lit by Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis 31 years ago to say goodbye to this extraordinary woman whose life will forever shine in the lives of her fellow Americans.

Whether she was calming a nation grieving a former president or raising her children with the care and privacy they deserve, simply being a good friend, she always seemed to do the right thing the right way, she taught us by example. about beauty. of art, the meaning of culture, the lessons of history, the power of personal courage, the nobility of public service and, above all, the sanctity of the family. God gave her great gifts and imposed great burdens on her, she carried them all with dignity and Grace and uncommon common sense, in the end what mattered most to her was being a good mother to her children and the lives of Caroline and John leave no doubt. that she was that and more.

Hillary and I are especially grateful that you took so much time to talk about the importance. of raising children away from the public and we will always remember the wonderful happy times we shared together last summer with admiration, love and gratitude for the inspiration and dream she gave to all of us. Today we say goodbye to Jackie. That the flame she lit so much. A long time ago it burned brighter and brighter here and ever brighter in our hearts God bless you friend and goodbye and now a reading from John Kennedy's Scriptures is a reading from the second letter of Saint Paul to the Thessalonians but I don't want you to be ignorant Brothers As for those who sleep, do not grieve like the rest who have no hope, because if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so those who sleep in Jesus, God will bring with him;

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord Lord that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord do not prevent those who sleep because the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout of command with the voice of the Archangel and with the trumpet of God and the dead in Christ. We will rise first, then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and so we will always be with the Lord Lord, therefore comfort one another with these words, this is the word of the Lord, thank God now the reading of a Responsorial Psalm by Carolyn kenned SCH lustberg and the response to this Responsorial Psalm is I lift up my eyes to the mountains I will lift up my eyes to the hills from where my help comes my help comes From the Lord who made the heavens and the earth I will lift up my eyes to them he will not allow your foot to move he who keeps you will not slumber, behold he who keeps Israel will not slumber or sleep I will lift up my eyes to the mountain The Lord is your guardian The Lord is your shadow at your right hand the sun will not strike you by day nor the moon by night I will lift up my eyes to the hills the Lord will preserve you from all evil he will preserve your soul The Lord will preserve your going out and your coming in from now on and forever.

I will raise my eyes. Now let us all unite in the recitation of the Lord's Prayer. Our father who art in Heaven. Hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven, give us today our daily bread and forgive our offenses as we forgive those who offend us and do not lead us into temptation but deliver us from evil in the ancient cemeteries of the Christians in Rome called catacombs, the inscriptions on the tombs showed their belief, they generally inscribe only the name of the deceased person with the words Diaz nalis in Domino which is birthday in the Lord and then simply the date of death of the person, not the date of birth in this life and that is why for us May 19 was the birthday in The Lord of Jacqueline Ken Onasis and we remember that as we recite this final prayer and blessing thank you oh God the author of Life's Unbought Grace You are our promised home Lead your servant Jacqueline to that bright home with the presence of your eternal life and love there to join the other members of her beloved family.

Also comfort those who have suffered the loss of her mortal presence. Give them the grace that will strengthen the bonds of the family. family and our national community may we bring your peace to others until the day we join you and all the saints in your life of endless love and light. We ask this in the name of Christ Our Lord. Eternal rest. Grant her, O Lord, and let The perpetual light shine upon her may she rest in peace and may her soul and all the souls of the faithful departed by the mercy of God rest in peace and may the blessing of God the Father almighty God the Son and God Holy Spirit descend upon her. and we now and always amen father without being a powerful in the depths F oned in keeping oh him us when we cry to you for in the sea sh BL