Legends say that hummingbirds float free of time, carrying our hopes
for love, joy and celebration. Like a hummingbird, we aspire to hover
and savour each moment as it passes, embrace all that life has to offer
and to celebrate the joy of everyday. The hummingbird’s delicate grace
reminds us that life is rich, beauty is everywhere, every personal
connection has meaning and that laughter is life’s sweetest creation.
AN INVITATION
Rey’s family thank you for your care and support today. Following the burial at Green Park
Cemetery you are warmly invited to join them in the Parish Centre, St Francis Xavier
Catholic Church, Benhar Street, Mornington from 1:30pm for refreshments.
TRIBUTES
If you would like to send the family a message, share a story, or pay tribute to Rey,
please do so in the online tribute book at www.tributes.co.nz
a Selected Independent Funeral Home
With Love We Remember
-Rey-
Reynold Francis Xavier Noronha
1940 - 2012
St Joseph’s Cathedral | Dunedin | 23 May 2012 | Burial at Green Park Cemetery
Celebrant Rev. Fr. Cipriano Fernandes | Organist David Burchell
ENTRANCE MUSIC
Out of Africa
OPENING HYMN
Here I Am Lord
I, the Lord of sea and sky,
I have heard My people cry,
All who dwell in dark and sin
My hand will save,
I who made the stars of night
I will make their darkness bright,
Who will bear My light to them?
Whom shall I send?
Refrain:
Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord?
I have heard You calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, if You lead me,
I will hold Your people in my heart.
I, the Lord of snow and rain,
I have borne My people’s pain,
I have wept for love of them,
They turn away,
I will break their hearts of stone,
Give them hearts for love alone,
I will speak My word to them,
Whom shall I send?
I the Lord of wind and flame,
I will tend the poor and lame,
I will set a feast for them,
My hand will save,
Finest bread I will provide,
Till their hearts be satisfied,
I will give My life to them,
Whom shall I send?
TRIBUTES
Jay Morris
Kiri & Naz
Devi
Jerry Walton
RESPONSORIAL HYMN
The Lord’s My Shepherd
The Lord’s my shepherd, I’ll not want;
He makes me down to lie
in pastures green; he leadeth me
the quiet waters by.
My soul he doth restore again,
and me to walk doth make
within the paths of righteousness,
ev’n for his own name’s sake.
Yea though I walk in death’s dark vale,
yet will I fear no ill;
for thou art with me; and thy rod
and staff me comfort still.
My table thou has furnished
in presence of my foes;
my head thou dost with oil anoint,
and my cup overflows.
Goodness and mercy all my life
shall surely follow me:
and in God’s house for evermore
my dwelling place shall be.
GOSPEL
John 11 : 17 - 27
HOMILY
OFFERTORY
COMMUNION
O Mio Babbino Caro
Kiri Te Kanawa
COMMUNION HYMN
Gentle As Silence
Oh, the Love of my Lord is the essence,
Of all that I love here on earth,
All the beauty I see He has given to me,
And His giving is gentle as silence.
Every day, every hour, every moment,
Have been blessed by the strength of His love,
At the turn of each tide, He is there at my side,
And His touch is as gentle as silence.
There’ve been times when I’ve turned from His presence,
And I’ve walked other paths, other ways,
But I’ve called on His Name in the dark of my shame,
And His mercy was gentle as silence.
He has poured out His spirit upon me
and has turned all my world upside down
And his peace like a balm soothes my soul with it’s calm
And His healing is gentle as silence.
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