Clare Josephine Ward 23 December 1933 - 3 August 2021

Prelude Laudate Dominum (Mozart)Performed by Georgia Wilkinson

Entrance Hymn Sing with All the Saints in Glory

Sing With All The Saints In Glory, Sing The Resurrection Song!Death And Sorrow, Earth’s Dark Story, To The Former Days Belong.All Around The Clouds Are Breaking, Soon The Storms Of Time Shall Cease;In God’s Likeness, People Waking, Know The Everlasting Peace

Oh, What Glory, Far Exceeding All That Eye Has Yet Perceived!Holiest Hearts For Ages Pleading, Never That Full Joy Conceived.God Has Promised, Christ Prepares It, There On High Our Welcome Waits;Every Humble Spirit Shares It, Christ Has Passed The Eternal Gates

Life Eternal! Heaven Rejoices: Jesus Lives Who Once Was Dead;Join With All The Heavenly Voices; Child Of God, Lift Up Your Head!Patriarchs From Distant Ages, Saints All Longing For Their Heaven,Prophets, Psalmists, Seers, And Sages, All Await The Glory Given

INTRODUCTORY RITES (please stand)

Celebrant. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit

All. Amen

GREETING

C. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all

All. And with your spirit

Offered at

Basilica of Our Lady of Victories, Camberwell

Celebrants

Fr Brendan Reed, Parish Priest

Master of Cermonies

Max Potter

Pall Bearers

Jervis WardJustin WardOscar MurphySebastian WardFergus WardHamish Heine

Director Of Music

David Agg

Soloist

Georgia Wilkinson

Requiem Mass for the repose of the soul of Clare Josephine Ward13 August 2021

FIRST READING (Ecclesiasticus 44: 10-15)

Lelia Ward A reading from the book of Ecclesiasticus

Here is a generous and faithful woman whose good works have not been forgotten. In her descendants, there remains a rich inheritance born of her ; Her descendants stand by her covenants, and thanks to her, so do her children’s children. Her offspring will last forever, her glory will not fade. Her body will be buried in peace and her name will live on for all generations. The people will proclaim her wisdom, the assembly will celebrate her praises

This is the Word of the Lord

All. Thanks be to God

RESPONSORIAL PSALM

Jervis Ward The Lord is my Shepherd

Response. The Lord is My Shepherd, there is nothing I shall want

The lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. Fresh and green are the pastures where he gives me repose. Near restful waters he leads me, to revive my drooping spirit

Response. The Lord is My Shepherd, there is nothing I shall want

He guides me along the right path; he is true to his name. If I should walk in the valley of darkness, no evil would I fear. You are there with your crook and your staff; with these you give me comfort

Response. The Lord is My Shepherd, there is nothing I shall want

You have prepared a banquet for me in the sight of my foes. My head you have anointed with oil; my cup is overfl owing

Response. The Lord is My Shepherd, there is nothing I shall want

Surely goodness and kindness shall follow me all the days of my life. In the Lord’s house shall I dwell for ever and ever

Response. The Lord is My Shepherd, there is nothing I shall want

SPRINKLING WITH HOLY WATER

C. I bless the body of Clare with the water that recalls her baptism of which St. Paul writes: All of us who were baptised into Christ Jesus were baptised into his death. In the waters of baptism she died with Christ and rose with him to new life

All: May she now share with him eternal glory

LIGHTING OF THE PASCHAL CANDLE

C. At her baptism, Clare was entrusted with the light of Christ to be kept burning throughout her life. Enlightened by Christ, she walked as a child of the light, keeping the fl ame of faith alive in her heart

All. May it now lead her into eternal life

PLACING OF THE PALL AND FLOWERS

C. On the day of his baptism, Clare was clothed in Christ and given Christian dignity forever

All. May Christ now enfold her in his love and bring him to eternal life

EULOGY

Jane Ward and Sarah Heine

OPENING PRAYER

C. Let us pray. O God, almighty Father, our faith professes that your Son died and rose again; mercifully grant, that through this mystery your servant Clare, who has fallen asleep in Christ, may rejoice to rise again through him. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever

All. Amen

LITURGY OF THE WORD (please sit)

Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me”

HOMILY (please stand)

PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL

Fergus Ward

Lord thank you for the gift of Grandma, a loving and warm mother, sister, grandmother, aunt and friend. May the Lord reward her faith by welcoming her home to Heaven, reunited with Tom, and grant her eternal peace

All. Lord hear us

Oscar Murphy

We pray for the many family and friends who have shown love and support to us over the past week. Their gifts of love are of great comfort to our family

All. Lord hear us

Claire Campbell

We thank you for the care and compassion that Clare received at home from her wonderful carers Pauline, Carol, and Andi, and from the doctors and nurses at Cabrini Malvern and Prahran. Please watch over these dedicated and caring professionals, who ensured that Clare was peaceful and calm to the end

All. Lord hear us

Sebastian Ward

Dear Lord, we pray for Grandma’s large and extended family, both in Australia and overseas. We pray also for family members that have gone before us, especially our Grandpa Tom, Clare’s sisters Mary, Anne and Margaret and her sisters in law, Margot and Jan. May they rest in peace

All. Lord hear us

SECOND READING (Timothy 4: 6-8)

Justin Ward A reading from the second letter of St Paul to Timothy

Very soon I will be on my way to Heaven. I have fought the good fi ght. I have fi nished the race, I have kept the faith, and now the time has come for me to stop and rest. In Heaven a crown is waiting for me which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on the great do of His return

This is the Word of the Lord

All. Thanks be to God

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION

All. Alleluia, alleluia. “I am the resurrection and the life,” says the Lord, “She who believes in me will life forever” Alleluia

GOSPEL

C. The Lord be with you

All. And with your spirit

C. A reading from the holy gospel according to John 14:1-6

All. Glory to you, O Lord.

Jesus Comforts His Disciples

Jesus said to his disciples “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.”

O breathe on me, O Breath of God,Until my heart is pure;Until my will is one with yours,To do and to endure

O breathe on me, O Breath of God,My will to yours incline,Until this selfi sh part of meGlows with your fi re divine

O breathe on me, O Breath of God,So I shall never die,But live with you the perfect lifeFor all eternity

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

C. Let us pray. Lord God, whose Son left us, in the Sacrament of his Body, food for the journey, mercifully grant that, strengthened by it, our sister/brother Clare, may come to the eternal table of Christ. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever

All. Amen

FINAL COMMENDATION

C. Before we go our separate ways, let us take leave of our sister. May our farewell express our affection for her, may it ease our sadness and strengthen our hope. One day we shall joyfully greet her, when the love of Christ, which conquers all things, destroys even death itself

SONG OF FAREWELL

C. Saints of God, come to her aid! Hasten to meet her, angels of the LordAll. Receive her soul and present her to God the Most High

C. May Christ, who called you, take you to himself; may angels lead you to the bosom of Abraham

All. Receive her soul and present her to God the Most High

C. Eternal rest grant unto her O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon herAll. Receive her soul and present her to God the Most High

Hamish Heine

(Provided by Sr Elizabeth “Billy” O’Donohoe, on behalf of Clare’s siblings)

Dear Lord, you know that our sister Clare loved home and family, and was a home maker

Her children lovingly made it possible for her to be in the home she made for them until her fi nal days, now she has found the one home that really satisfi es her longing

We pray today for those without a home – for migrants and refugees, for those whose homes are destroyed by extreme changes in climate or by wars. May our hearts reach out to these people. With confi dence, we ask Clare to add her prayers to ours

All. Lord hear us

Marc Heine

We pray for Clare’s family who mourn her loss, may they be comforted by and care for each other in this time of grief

All. Lord hear us

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST (please sit)

OFFERTORY PROCESSION

Sam Heine, Sophie Heine

Offertory Solo Pie Jesu (Gabriel Faure)

COMMUNION RITE

Communion Hymn Ave Maria (Schubert)

Breathe On Me, Breath Of God

O breathe on me, O Breath of God,Fill me with life anew,That I may love the things you love,And do what you would do

Clare Josephine Ward (nee O’Donohoe)Born 23 December 1933, London United Kingdom Married 8 November 1958, Ontario Canada Died 3 August 2021, Melbourne Australia

Wife of Thomas Eugene Ward (dec.);Daughter of Mary (Molly) nee Morley and Paul Jervis O’Donohoe (both dec.);Sister and Sister-in-law of:Mary (dec.) & Tom (dec.) Rutherfoord Anne (dec.) & John (dec.) WardMargaret (dec.) & Rainer (dec.) LantLelia & Kit (dec.) KershawJerome & Deirdre O’DonohoeBilly (Sr Elizabeth) O’DonohoeGervase & Frances O’DonohoeHilary & Fred (dec.) deBirchFelicity & Michael MilbournGabriel & Bernard GrilletBen & Heather O’DonohoeMother of Lelia, Jane, Jervis, Justin and Sarah;Mother-in-law of Marc and Claire;Grandmother of Nicholas, Oscar, Sebastian, Fergus, Hamish, Samuel, Sophie & Francesca

PRAYER OF COMMENDATION

C. Into your hands, Father of mercies, we commend our sister Clare, in the sure and certain hope that, together with all who have died in Christ, she will rise with Him on the last day. Merciful Lord, turn to us and listen to our prayers, open the gates of paradise to your servant and help us who remain to comfort one another with the assurances of faith, until we all meet in Christ and are with you and with our sister for ever

All. Amen

Recessional Hymn Make me a Channel of your Peace

Make me a channel of Your peaceWhere there is hatred, let me bring Your loveWhere there is injury, Your pardon LordAnd where there’s doubt, true faith in You

Make me a channel of Your peaceWhere there’s despair in life, let me bring hopeWhere there is darkness, only lightAnd where there’s sadness, ever joy

Oh Master, grant that I may never seekSo much to be consoled as to consoleTo be understood as to understandTo be loved as to love with all my soul

Make me a channel of Your peaceIt is pardoning that we are pardonedIn giving to all men that we receiveAnd in dying that we’re born to eternal life

Solo & Choir Con te Partiro, Time to Say Goodbye (Bocelli/Brightman)

All Hymns Reproduced By Permission One Lisence, Copyright, Licence No. A-641460Jerome, Billy, Mary, Gabriel, Margaret, Felicity, Hilary, Gervase, Clare and Lelia