Lord Jesus, lifted up on the Cross You offered yourself for us all. Your wounds for our healing, Your sufferings for our faults, Your agony for our peace, Your forgiveness for our sins, Your thirst for our comfort, Your blood for our redemption, Your death for our life. Lifted up on the Cross You promised the repentant thief a place with you in paradise, lifted up as a sign in the desert You promised to draw us all to yourself. Lord, grant to my departed friends the gift of life with you in paradise, draw them all to yourself in the kingdom of love and peace which never ends, where sorrows turn to joy, and w are made whole again in your eternal love. Amen