In Loving Memory of

Mario De Luise16 January 1947 – 15 February 2021

“Pace pace mio dolce tesoro”— Verdi, Marriage of Figaro

Mass offered atSt Clement of Rome Parish7-21 Egan Drive, Bulleen

24 February 2021

CelebrantMonsignor Franco Cavarra

ConcelebrantFather Bren Donohue P.E.

GATHERING MUSIC Mozart, Exsultate Jubilate – Joan Sutherland

INTRODUCTORY RITES

ENTRANCE MUSIC Make Me a Channel of Your Peace

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.

SPRINKLING OF WATER

C: In the waters of baptism, Mario died with Christ and rose with Him to new life. May he now share with Him in eternal glory. Amen

LIGHTING OF THE PASCHAL CANDLE Rob Pianta

C: In Baptism, Mario 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 Trudy and Michael De Luise

C: At his Baptism, Mario received the new garment, and he was asked to wear it spotlessly throughout his life. May the Lord not look on any wrong he may have done during his life, but rather, look upon his faithfulness to his God, and his deep love for his family and friends. Amen.

PLACING OF THE SYMBOLS OF MARIO’S LIFE Stefano De Luise Alessio De Luise

WORDS OF REMEMBRANCE Terry Healy Steve Clark Anthony De Luise

OPENING PRAYER

C: Into Your hands, O Loving God, we humbly entrust Mario. In this life, you embraced him with your tender love. Look upon his faithfulness and welcome him to the fullness of your peace and joy. Open our hearts, that we may comfort one another. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

A: Amen.

LITURGY OF THE WORD

READING Rachel De Luise (Ecclesiastes 3:2-3)

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:a time to be born and a time to die,a time to plant and a time to uproot,a time to kill and a time to heal,a time to tear down and a time to build,a time to weep and a time to laugh,a time to mourn and a time to dance,a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing,a time to search and a time to give up,a time to keep and a time to throw away,a time to tear and a time to mend,a time to be silent and a time to speak,a time to love and a time to hate,a time for war and a time for peace.

A: Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Marianne De Luise (Psalm 23)

Response: The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.Response

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.Response

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.Response

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.Response

SECOND READING Raffaele De Luise (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)

A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Corinthians.

Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs; love is not happy with evil, but happy with the truth. Love never gives up; and its faith, hope and patience never fail. Love is eternal.The Word of the Lord.

A: Thanks be to God.

ACCLAMATION

A: Praise and honour to you, Lord Jesus Christ! If today you hear his voice harden not your heart. Praise and honour to you, Lord Jesus Christ!

GOSPEL Fr Bren Donohue (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

PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL Bailey & Bella Grace De Luise

C: Gathered in Jesus’ name, we come to accompany into eternity, your servant Mario. May he rest in your eternal peace.

Bailey: The world will never forget, 2020, when COVID-19 caused widespread sickness and death, loss of income and drastic changes to ways of life. We pray that nations and individuals can lead a full recovery. Lord hear us. A: Lord, hear our prayer.

Bella Grace: Pope Francis has encouraged and inspired so many to love the earth, our common home. This echoed with Nonno Mario which he showed in his love of nature, his tending of his own garden, especially the grape vines and the wine he made from them, for his own enjoyment and to share as a gracious host. Lord hear us.A: Lord, hear our prayer.

Bailey: We share the grief of Nonno Mario’s family, Trudy, Anthony, Alison and Michael and their families, mostly so far away, but connected by the wonders of science. With them we rejoice and give thanks for the ways he has loved, cared and supported them. Lord hear us. A: Lord, hear our prayer.

Bella Grace: Mario’s chosen profession needed not only his abundant medical skills, but respect for and empathy with those who came to him for care. With them we give thanks for his kindness and patience. Lord hear us.A: Lord, hear our prayer.

Bella Grace: We pray for the many health professionals who cared for Mario during his long illness at the Austin, the Olivia Newton John Centre and St. Vincent’s public and private hospitals.

In particular, Professor Hang Quach and Professor Andrew Grigg and the nursing staff on Level 8 of St Vincent’s Private and the chemotherapy Day Unit at St Vincent’s Public. We thank them especially for the respect they showed knowing how well he understood his own condition. Lord hear us.

A: Lord, hear our prayer.

Bella Grace: Mario attained high skills in his medical career by intensivestudy, his own efforts and the support and inspiration of many learned people, especially Professor Jack Martin at The University of Melbourne and Professor Jeff Flier at Harvard. With gratitude, we pray, for them and for what they meant to him.

Lord hear us. A: Lord, hear our prayer.

C: Good and faithful God, in Jesus you made an everlasting covenant of love with us. Bring us new life though your Spirit. We ask this through Christ our Lord.

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

OFFERTORY PROCESSION Frank and Teresa De Luise

OFFERTORY MUSIC On Eagles Wings

PREPARATION OF OFFERINGS

C: Blessed are you, Lord God of all creation, for through your goodness wehave 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: As we humbly present to you these sacrificial offerings, o Lord, for the salvation of your servant Mario, we beseech your mercy, that he, who did not doubt your Son to be a loveing Saviour, may find in him a merciful judge. Who lives and reigns forever and ever.

A: Amen.

PREFACEC: 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.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: The mystery of faith.A: When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, we proclaim your Death, O Lord, until you come again.

C: 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: At the Saviour’s command and formed by divine teaching, we dare to say:

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 your sins, but on the faith of your Church, and graciously grant her 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 THE BREAD

C: Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.

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 Bellini, Norma: Casta Diva - Maria Callas

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

C: Lord God, whose Son left us, in the sacrament of his body, food for the journey, mercifully grant that, strengthened by it, our brother Mario may come to the eternal table of Christ. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever. A: Amen.

Nick Paoletti: Representing the Italian Medical Society

REFLECTION Alison De Luise, Pier Forlano

FINAL COMMENDATION

C: Lord, we commend to you the soul of Mario, your faithful servant. In the sight of the world, he is now dead, but in your sight he lives forever. In your goodness, enfold him in your love and everlasting peace.

PRAYER OF COMMENDATION

C: Into your hands, Father of mercies, we commend our brother Mario, in the sure and certain hope that, together with all who have died in Christ, he 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 our brother for ever.

A: Amen.

RECESSIONAL MUSIC Schubert, Nocturne in E flat major

Farewell by Anne Bronte

Farewell to thee! but not farewellTo all my fondest thoughts of thee:

Within my heart they still shall dwell;And they shall cheer and comfort me.

O, beautiful, and full of grace!If thou hadst never met mine eye,

I had not dreamed a living faceCould fancied charms so far outvie.

If I may ne'er behold againThat form and face so dear to me,

Nor hear thy voice, still would I fainPreserve, for aye, their memory.

That voice, the magic of whose toneCan wake an echo in my breast,

Creating feelings that, alone,Can make my tranced spirit blest.

That laughing eye, whose sunny beamMy memory would not cherish less; --

And oh, that smile! whose joyous gleamNor mortal language can express.

Adieu, but let me cherish, still,The hope with which I cannot part.

Contempt may wound, and coldness chill,But still it lingers in my heart.

And who can tell but Heaven, at last,May answer all my thousand prayers,

And bid the future pay the pastWith joy for anguish, smiles for tears?

Trudy and all of Mario’s family are deeply grateful for every blessing you have showered upon us today, yesterday and always throughout Mario’s grace filled life.

You are warmly invited to join us for refreshments at the Veneto Club, 191 Bulleen Rd, Bulleen 3105

In lieu of flowers please follow the link below to make a donation in Mario’s memory. St Vincent’s Medical Research Institute

www.svi.edu.au/support/ Please enter ‘Mario De Luise’ in the description field on the donation screen.

Alternatively, you can call 0420 476 778.