Winston’s family would like to

sincerely thank you for your

kind thoughts, prayers and

presence here today.

A Funeral Mass for

Winston John Chester30 December 1940 - 28 September 2021

Excerpts from the English translation of the Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL). All rights reserved.

Excerpts from the English translation of the Order of Christian Funerals © 1989, International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL). All rights reserved.

The Scripture Readings are taken from the Jerusalem Bible © 1966, 1967, 1968, 1985, Darton, Longman & Todd, Publishers and Doubleday and Co. Inc. .Used by permission of the publishers.

English translation of the Psalm Responses are taken from the Lectionary for Mass © 1981, International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL). All rights reserved.

Psalm verses are taken from The Psalms: A New Translation ©1963, The Grail (England), published by Collins.

Mass offered at

St Michael’s Catholic Church,

High Street, Berwick

Thursday, 7 October 2021

Priest Fr Sunil Francis

Musician Music For Funerals

Cemetery Bunurong Memorial Park,

Frankston-Dandenong Road, Dandenong South

INTRODUCTORY RITES ENTRANCE MUSIC One Day At A Time 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. A. – And with your spirit. LIGHTING OF THE PASCHAL CANDLE Warren Chester C. – In baptism Winston received the light of Christ. That light

has guided him throughout his life. May he now enjoy the risen life with his risen Lord. Amen.

PLACING OF THE PALL Sam Ammouchi & Warren Chester C. – At his baptism Winston received the new garment, and

was asked to wear it spotlessly throughout his life. May the Lord not look on any wrong that he may have done during his life, but rather look upon his faithfulness to his God and his love for his family and friends. Amen.

SPRINKLING WITH HOLY WATER C. – In the waters of baptism, Winston died with Christ and

rose with Him to new life. May he now share with Him in eternal glory. Amen.

OTHER CHRISTIAN SYMBOLS: Rosary Beads & Prayer Book Placed by Enid Chester & Pam La Forgue

WORDS OF REMEMBRANCE Donna Ammouchi PHOTOGRAPHIC REFLECTION There Goes My Everything – Engelbert Humperdinck

OPENING PRAYER C. – Almighty God, our Father, we firmly believe that your Son

died and rose to new life. We pray for our brother Winston who has died in Christ. Raise him at the last day to share the glory of the risen Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.

A. – Amen.

LITURGY OF THE WORD READING (Timothy 4:6-8) Read by Chrystal Chester A reading from the second letter of St Paul to Timothy. For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me on that day; and not to me only, but unto all of them also that love this appearing. The Word of the Lord. A. – Thanks be to God. RESPONSORIAL PSALM (Psalm 23) The Lord Is My Shepherd (Crimond - Sung)

GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Stand) Read by Loretta Chester A. – Alleluia, alleluia. Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and

the life, whoever believes in me will not die forever.” Alleluia.

GOSPEL (John 14:1-6) C. – The Lord be with you.

A. – And with your spirit.

C. – A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John.

A. – Glory to you, O Lord. Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God still, and trust in me. There are many rooms in my Father’s house; If there were not, I should have told you. I am going now to prepare a place for you, and after I have gone and prepared you a place, I shall return to take you with me; so that where I am you may be too. You know the way to the place where I am going.’

Thomas said, ‘Lord, we do not know where you are going, so how can we know the way?’

Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one can come to the Father except through me.” The Gospel of the Lord. A. – Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ. HOMILY (Please Sit)

PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL Read by Siennah Ammouchi, Zarah Ammouchi, Andre Chester C. – Let us pray for our brother Winston to our Lord Jesus

Christ who said: “I am the Resurrection and the Life. The person who believes in me will live even though they die, and every living person who puts their faith in me will never suffer eternal death.”

Siennah Ammouchi -

We thank you Lord for all the amazing memories we have of Papa. Thank you for all the fun and the stories he told us. We pray for my Mum and my Dad, Aunty Chrystal, Uncle Woggen, My Nana, Aunty Enid and Aunty Pam, Nick and all his family who are grieving. We pray God watches over all the Nurses who looked after Papa, and we pray Papa is now in God’s embrace and with all the Angels. Lord hear us.

A. – Lord, hear our prayer Siennah Ammouchi -

We are assembled here in faith and confidence to pray for our brother Winston. Let us pray that God will strengthen our hope so that we may live in the expectation of the coming Christ. Lord hear us.

A. – Lord, hear our prayer Zarah Ammouchi -

Lord Jesus we pray for Papa’s life. We thank you for his love, his strength and courage during his illness. May he now be one with you in Eternal Life. Lord hear us.

A. – Lord, hear our prayer

Zarah Ammouchi - Those who trusted in the Lord now sleep in the Lord. Let us pray that all the faithful departed will find in God refreshment, rest and peace. Lord hear us.

A. – Lord, hear our prayer Andre Chester -

Dear Lord, we pray for Papa, for his beautiful spirit and soul to be resting in Heaven. We pray for Papa because Papa played with us even though he was old, he smiled and told us the great stories of the good old days in India with all his friends and family. Please keep him safe in your loving care. Lord hear us.

A. – Lord, hear our prayer Andre Chester -

Many people die by violence, war, and famine each day. May God show mercy to those who suffer so unjustly these sins against love and gather them to the eternal kingdom of peace. Lord Hear us.

A. – Lord, hear our prayer. C. – God our Father, we thank you for your love and support.

Receive Winton with love and kindness, and strengthen us in faith and hope. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

A. – Amen.

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST PREPARATION OF OFFERINGS C. – Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through

your goodness we have received the bread we offer you: fruit of the earth and work of human hands, it will become for us the bread of life.

A. – Blessed be God for ever. C. – Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through

your goodness we have received the wine we offer you: fruit of the vine and work of human hands, it will become our spiritual drink.

A. – Blessed be God for ever. C. – Pray, brethren, that my sacrifice and yours may be

acceptable to God, the almighty Father. A. – May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the

praise and glory of His name, for our good and the good of all His holy Church.

PRAYER OVER THE OFFERINGS C. – Lord receive the gifts we offer for the salvation of

Winston. May Christ be merciful in judging our brother for he believed in Christ as his Lord and Saviour. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

A. – Amen.

PREFACE C. – The Lord be with you.

A. – And with your spirit.

C. – Lift up your hearts.

A. – We lift them up to the Lord.

C. – Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

A. – It is right and just. C. – It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,

always and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God, through Christ our Lord.

In Him the hope of blessed resurrection has dawned, that

those saddened by the certainty of dying might be consoled by the promise of immortality to come. Indeed for your faithful, Lord, life is changed not ended, and when this earthly dwelling turns to dust, an eternal dwelling is made ready for them in heaven.

And so, with Angels and Archangels, with Thrones and

Dominions, and with all the hosts and Powers of heaven, we sing the hymn of your glory, as without end we acclaim:

A. – Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts.

Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER II C. – You are indeed Holy, O Lord, the fount of all holiness.

Make holy, therefore, these gifts, we pray, by sending down your Spirit upon them like the dewfall, so that they may become for us the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.

At the time He was betrayed and entered willingly into His Passion, He took bread and, giving thanks, broke it, and gave it to His disciples, saying: TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT OF IT, FOR THIS IS MY BODY, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU.

In a similar way, when supper was ended, He took the chalice and, once more giving thanks, he gave it to His disciples, saying: TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND DRINK FROM IT, FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD, THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL COVENANT, WHICH WILL BE POURED OUT FOR YOU AND FOR MANY FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS. DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.

C. – The mystery of faith. A. – Save us Saviour of the world, for by your Cross and

Resurrection you have set us free. C. – Therefore, as we celebrate the memorial of His Death and

Resurrection, we offer you, Lord, the Bread of life and the Chalice of salvation, giving thanks that you have held us worthy to be in your presence and minister to you. Humbly we pray that, partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ, we may be gathered into one by the Holy Spirit.

Remember, Lord, your Church, spread throughout the world, and bring him to the fullness of charity, together with Francis our Pope and Greg our Bishop and all the clergy. Remember your servant Winston whom you have called from this world to yourself. Grant that he who was united with your Son in a death like His, may also be one with Him in His Resurrection. Remember also our brothers and sisters who have fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection, and all who have died in your mercy: welcome them into the light of your face. Have mercy on us all, we pray, that with the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, with blessed Joseph, her Spouse, with the blessed Apostles, and all the Saints who have pleased you throughout the ages, we may merit to be coheirs to eternal life, and may praise and glorify you through your Son, Jesus Christ. Through Him, and with Him, and in Him, O God, almighty Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honour is yours, for ever and ever.

A. – Amen. COMMUNION RITE THE LORD’S PRAYER C. – Let us pray with confidence to the Father in the words our

Saviour gave us;

A. – Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

C. – Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil, graciously

grant peace in our days, that, by the help of your mercy, we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress, as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ.

A. – For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours now and for ever.

SIGN OF PEACE C. – Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your Apostles: Peace I

leave you, my peace I give you; look not on our sins, but on the faith of your Church, and graciously grant him peace and unity in accordance with your will. Who live and reign for ever and ever.

A. – Amen.

C. – The peace of the Lord be with you always.

A. – And with your spirit.

C. – Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

BREAKING OF BREAD A. – Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world,

have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, grant us peace.

COMMUNION C. – This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the

world, happy are those who are called to His supper. A. – Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my

roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed. COMMUNION MUSIC Here I Am Lord 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 brother Winston, may come to the eternal table of Christ. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.

A. – Amen.

FINAL COMMENDATION C. – Our brother Winston has fallen asleep in Christ.

Confident in our hope of eternal life, let us commend him to the loving mercy of our Father and let our prayers go with him. Winston was adopted as God’s son in Baptism and was nourished at the table of the Lord; may he now inherit the promise of eternal life and take his place at the table of God’s children in heaven. Let us pray also on our own behalf, that we who now mourn and are saddened, may one day go forth with our brother, to meet the Lord of life when he appears in glory.

SONG OF FAREWELL C. – Saints of God, come to his aid! Hasten to meet him, angels

of the Lord. A. – Receive his soul and present him to God the Most High. C. – May Christ, who called you, take you to himself;

may angels lead you to Abraham’s side. A. – Receive his soul and present him to God the Most High. C. – Give Winston eternal rest O Lord, and may your light

shine on him forever. A. – Receive his soul and present him to God the Most High.

Holy Water The celebrant uses holy water as a reminder of Baptism. C. – When Winston was baptized, he was baptized into the

death of Christ. The Father has raised the Lord Jesus from the dead, and we too have been raised in him to live a new life for God. Through baptism, we have shared in the death of Jesus in order that we may also share in his resurrection.

In memory of our baptism, we use holy water, and call on the Lord Jesus to welcome Winston into the glory of eternal life.

Incense

C. – As a sign of respect for the body of our brother Winston, we incense his body. Incense is also a sign of our prayers rising heaven.

COMMENDATION C. – Into your hands, Father of mercies, we commend our

brother Winston, in the sure and certain hope that together with all who have died in Christ, he will rise with Him. We give you thanks for the many blessings, which you bestowed upon Winston in this life: they are signs to us of your goodness and of our fellowship with the saints in Christ.

Merciful Lord, turn towards us and listen to our prayers: open the gates of Paradise to your servant Winston and help us who remain, to comfort one another with assurances of faith, until we all meet in Christ and are with you and with our brother, Winston, forever.

Winston, go forth upon your journey from this world in the name of God the Father who created you, in the name of Jesus Christ who died for you, in the name of the Holy Spirit who shines through you. May you rest this day in the peace and love of your eternal home.

Eternal rest grant unto Winston, O Lord, and let your perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace.

A. – Amen.

C. – May Winston’s soul and the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

A. – Amen.

C. – In peace let us take our brother to his place of rest.

A. – Thanks be to God. RECESSIONAL MUSIC How Great Thou Art Pall Bearers: Chrystal Chester Warren Chester Donna Ammouchi Sam Ammouchi

Excerpts from the English translation of the Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL). All rights reserved.

Excerpts from the English translation of the Order of Christian Funerals © 1989, International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL). All rights reserved.

The Scripture Readings are taken from the Jerusalem Bible © 1966, 1967, 1968, 1985, Darton, Longman & Todd, Publishers and Doubleday and Co. Inc. .Used by permission of the publishers.

English translation of the Psalm Responses are taken from the Lectionary for Mass © 1981, International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL). All rights reserved.

Psalm verses are taken from The Psalms: A New Translation ©1963, The Grail (England), published by Collins.

Winston’s family would like to

sincerely thank you for your

kind thoughts, prayers and

presence here today.

A Funeral Mass for

Winston John Chester30 December 1940 - 28 September 2021