Jan Marie Quin Officiating:

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1 Requiem Mass for Jan Marie Quin 8 May April 2014 Officiating: Fr Albano Da Costa

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3 Pre Mass Music & Images Theme Gifts of People and Song in my life. Pall Bearers Martin Quin, Christopher Quin, Mike McCombie, Steve McCombie, Ged McCombie, Joshua Allan Entrance Hymn: Come Back To Me Come back to me with all your heart, Don t let fear keep us apart. Trees do bend, though straight and tall; So must we, to others call. Long have I waited for your coming Home to me and living, deeply our new life. Hokimaira, me te aroha Kauara, e whakaama. Hokimai, kiahaunei Honoate aroha Heiroa, tewa I tetatari Ai ahauki a koe, me te aroha The wilderness will lead you To your heart, where I will speak. Integrity and justice, with tenderness, you shall know. Long have I waited for your coming home to me and living deeply our new life. Heiroa, tewa I tetatari Ai ahauki a koe, me te aroha 1st Reading Isaiah 25: v 6-9, Read by Heather Quin

4 Responsorial Psalm: The Lord Is My Shepherd The Lord is my Shepherd, and I want to follow, wherever He leads me, wherever He goes. Over the mountains, the waters and by-ways, valleys and highways He s waiting for me. I want to go to meet Him there, to lay myself down in His love. The Lord is my Shepherd, and I want to follow, wherever He leads me, wherever He goes. And while on the journey to where we are going, He promised to be there to help us along. And over the mountains we ll walk on together, to know all the wonders He s given to me I want to go to meet Him there, to lay myself down in His love. The Lord is my Shepherd, and I want to follow, wherever He leads me, wherever He goes. Gospel Reading John 14: v1-6, Read by Fr Albano Prayers of the Faithful Alex Healy, Andrew McCombie, Mike McCombie, Kimberley McCombie Offertory Christopher Quin, Mitchell Van de Coolwijk, Ellen Quin, Georgia Williams, Sophie Quin, Maria Zwart, and the youngest of Jan s treasures Offertory Panis Angelicus (Instrumental)

5 Communion Songs: Shout To The Lord My Jesus, My Saviour, Lord, there is none like You All of my days I want to praise The wonders of Your mighty love. My comfort, my shelter, Tower of refuge and strength; Let every breath, all that I am Never cease to worship You. Shout to the Lord, All the earth let us sing, Power and majesty, praise to the King Mountains bow down and the seas will roar At the sound of Your name. I sing for joy at the work of Your hands, Forever I ll love You, forever I ll stand, Nothing compares to the promise I have in You. Lord Make Me An Instrument Of Peace Lord, make me an instrument of peace Where there is hate, let me sow love. Where there is injury, let me sow a pardon deep as the flowing sea. Where there is doubt, let me sow faith Where there s despair, let me sow hope Where there is darkness, let me sow light Where there is sadness, let me sow joy. O Loving God, may I not seek to be understood, but to understand to be consoled, as to console Or to be loved, but to love all. For it s in giving, that we receive It s in forgiving, that we re forgiven And it s in dying that we are born to eternal life, to eternal life.

6 Eulogies Martin Quin, Michelle Denhardt, Ann Marie Morris, Steve McCombie Reflections Away down the River by Alison Krauss Final Committal Poroporoaki Ann Clapham, Venerable Tenzin Nangsel, Fr Albano Da Costa Recessional Hymn You Raise me Up Josh Grobhan Ka Waiata farewell sung by Sacred Heart school community, when the hearse leaves the church courtyard.

7 Refreshments You are invited to gather with Martin and the family at the Shandon Golf Club, Gear Island, Jackson Street, Petone, following this service. Memorial Book If you have not already done so, please feel free to sign the attendance pages in the foyer of the Church. There is a book of Love for messages should you wish to make a personal note. Tributes If you wish to make a tribute to Jan, please do so in her online tribute book at Donations In lieu of flowers, donations to Te Omanga Hospice would be appreciated and may be placed in the donation box in the foyer. Thank you. Acknowledgements Martin and the family wish to acknowledge with deep gratitude all the love, time and effort that so many people have generously given to create this celebration of Jan s life. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

8 Stones Today I came to a shining beach covered with a litany of stones: gravel, pebbles, boulders, many colours, each one like a word of praise and the whole, a triumphant song. As I picked up stones at random, feeling their skin against mine, and absorbing the loveliness of them, I thought that I was a bit like that beach, with every stone a gesture of love from a person who d cared about me at some time in my life. From the moment of conception, when God spoke and I was, love has shaped my being and the givers are still with me, contained within their gifts, people who ve laid a litany of loving, stone by stone, word by word, touch by touch, showing me the truth of my existence. For a long time I sat on that beach, adding to its song, my own gratitude, and when I shut my eyes and tried to imagine what the beach would look like without all those shining stones, I understood in a new and deeper way, the meaning of my life as gift. A psalm by Joy Cowley. That touched Jan s heart, and reflected her life.