The Homegoing Service for Sis. Ofelia Ricardo

he just knows what's best for us and what a blessing o lord god to walk that last mile with a soldier who've been walking with you god for over nine decades we say thank you lord and i let your word continue to just flow amongst your people trusting your every word for the comfort that it brings and that's why david said lord is my shepherd i shall not want he maketh me to lie down in green pastures he lead me by the still waters he renew my soul he lead me in the path of righteousness for his name's sake [Music] even though yeah though i walk through the valley of the shadow of death i will fear no evil for thy wrath and thy staff they comforted me you prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies you anoint my head with oil in my cup [Music] run it over surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and i will dwell in the house of the lord forever [Music] david said i waited patiently for the lord [Music] and he heard my cry and he lifted me up out of this horrible pet out of the maori clay and he placed my foot upon the rock [Music] david said my god my god why have you abandoned me why you so far from my deliverance and from my words of croning david said i cried by day but you did not answer by night yet i have no rest but you are holy enthroned on the praise of israel our fathers trust in you they trust and you rescued them they cried to you and they were set free [Music] the lord is my light and my salvation whom shall i fear the lord is the stronghold of my life whom shall i be afraid [Music] david says hear lord my voice when i call be gracious to me and answer me my heart says this about you seek his face lord and i will seek your face do not hide your face from me do not turn your servant away in anger you have been my helper do not leave me abandon me god of my salvation even if my mother and my father abandoned me the lord you cares for me [Music] for those who need to come and pay their final viewings because once we secure [Music] once we secure the casket it will not be reopened in the service so for those who need to come and have their final viewing this is the time to do that [Music] is [Music] [Applause] i love you i love you i love you lord today because you came for me it's such a smash that's [Music] oh a special way that's why i praise you is for me is for me [Music] your name oh that is why my heart is filled with is [Music] is [Music] is [Music] is [Music] is well family we say good morning to all of you and we come for the celebration of life mr philia ricardo as we come to celebrate her life her legacy her love her leaving in this family there is a program that's laid out and we will have old and new testament scriptures being read by pastor otis kerry so should pastor here prayer will be offered by pastor marcus holman a pastor here as well then there will be a selection and then there will be resolutions that will be read by sister betty peacock and then we'll come to a time where we have time for expressions and for those who are here and i pray for those who have able were able to live stream whether you're in new york or california wherever you might be we welcome you into this homegoing service in the celebration of life pastor kerry [Music] i say good morning in the book of jeremiah the 29th chapter starting at verse 11 it says for i know the thoughts that i think toward you said the lord thoughts of peace and not of evil to give you an expected end then shall you call upon me and i shall go and pray unto me and i will hearken unto you and you shall seek me and find me when you shall search for me with all your heart and i will have found you said the lord and i will turn away your captivity and i will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where i have driven said the lord and i will bring you up again into a place once i call you and be carried away captivity in the book of the new testament first john uh chapter one it says that which was from the beginning which we have heard which we have seen with our own eyes which you have looked upon and our hands have handled the word of life for this life was manifested and we have seen it and we bear witness and show unto eternal life which was the father and was manifested unto me that which we have seen and heard declare unto you that you shall also have fellowship with us and truly our fellowship is with the father and his son jesus christ and these things write unto you that your joy may be full then the message which we have heard of him and declare unto you that god is light and in him there is no darkness at all if we say that we have fellowship with him and walked in darkness we lie and do not tell the truth but if we walk in the light as he is in the light we fellowship with one another and the blood of jesus christ his son has cleansed us from all our sins family may we bow oh here's about all hearts humbled before the lord our god it is in jesus name that we come before you lord god thanking you for your grace and for your mercy father it is in times like this that we lean not to our own understanding but in all of our ways acknowledge you because you said that you will direct our paths well i pray for this family right now lord god the friends and those who loved father i pray that you would comfort our hearts even in this moment of bereavement father you said that no tear will fall from my eyes that you do not catch so father we please put us in remind in remembrance of your word that when the enemy comes in like a flood you will raise up a standard against him you told us that nothing can separate us from the love of christ and so father i pray even right now lord that in the midst of all of the tears we may find peace father you promised that all things will work together for the good of those who love you and are called according to your purpose so father as we uh officiate this service lord god we pray that the words of our mouth and the meditation of our hearts would be acceptable in thy sight comfort lord god as only you can allow us to look to the hills from which cometh our help because all of our help does come from you father we love you so very much it is in jesus name that we do pray and ask all of these things amen and thank god [Music] so [Music] [Applause] you are my strength [Music] straight line reaching to me [Music] you owe my strength [Music] strength no other strength like no other reaches to me strength strength oh oh like no other oh [Music] lord with me [Music] up you are my strength you are my strength strength [Music] you strength hallelujah good morning [Music] we'd like to offer our prayers of peace and comfort to the ricardo family and friends today we'd like to acknowledge a resolution from the church at bethel's family where our pastor walter august junior is senior pastor the nazarene congressional church united church of christ in brooklyn new york has sent a resolution in memory of mrs ophelia clementi ricardo we are in this world for a limited time and with our first breath as an infant we begin to race to the grave a race everyone must run and this infinite wisdom our lord and savior jesus christ beckoned for miss ophelia ricardo to be relieved of her pain and suffering calling her to heaven on monday september 20th 2021 whereas in god's providence mrs ricardo's earthly life has ended and her heavenly life has begun the officers and members of nazarene congressional offer our love and deepest sympathy to her sons michael ricardo geraldo ricardo henry ricardo and her entire family nazarene shares deeply in your loss whereas mrs ricardo was a member of nazarene for more than 50 years and she served on a number of committee and auxiliaries within the church such as the nazarene women's guild the board of deacons the usher board the stewardship committee and the endowment committee she was honored as woman of the year and her diligent work at nazarene earned her that title she willingly devoted her time and talent whereas she could with a bright smile because she loved god and nazarene most importantly she served diligently and faithfully as a director of nazarene center committee for over 20 years planning baby showers weddings receptions and parties was what she loved she also worked with the youth of nazarene she did the work with the happy spirit and love of god be resolved that precious in the sight of the lord in the death of his saints psalms 116 and 15 that our dear sister mrs ricardo now rests and lives through jesus christ our lord that god's peace and comfort about blessed are the pure and hard for they shall see god matthew 5 and 8 and god should wipe away all tears from all faces and there shall be no more death neither sorrow nor crying neither shall there be any more pain for the former things have passed away be it further resolved that this resolution be presented to the family and george e green president of the congregation god bless you know this our family we're going to take expressions of uh some that like to have a word of expression uh it's not mandatory but it's available we'll take one two or three who may feel glad to do that my name is geraldo ricardo the fourth of five children and i just want to say for 60 years my mother loved me no matter what i did no matter no matter how much i struggled in life with drugs and prisons or whatever it was different wives i've said wives she that's my last one she she never turned her back on me she died she always had an encouragement when i when i divorced one wife she still treated that wife as a daughter-in-law still loved her still loved me everything god bless you man god bless you god bless you good morning my name is deshauna ricardo i'm his daughter and that is my grandmother my grandmother was a was an amazing woman and just like my dad said even when he divorced my mother and had his many wives my my grandmother never treated my mother any different she even took my other grandmother in every single time and i appreciate her so much and what i looked up to her the most for was her ability to travel and i took that i took that spirit in and i feel that spirit every day and i i thank you so much for your spirit and i love you so much for it and that's that's what i whispered in your ear just now thank you so much for your spirit thank you for filling all of us with your spirit it was wonderful every single day of your life and every single day of our life and thank you for bringing that in within us and we're going to continue to bring that into every single person that we meet and i just want to say i'm going to miss your rice and peas so much i took them for granted when i was a young kid in brooklyn when i used to visit you but now i'm going to miss them and i don't know how to cook them so i'm so sorry but i love you i love you family from my ricardo family from the anderson family mommy i love you so very much thank you family i i listen we have to go you be the last one because we have to kind of keep the emotions down my mother told me one day this is what happened i'm the black sheep of the family i put my mother through so much stuff and she still loves me i used to psyche myself outside this day i told her wherever she go i go the last time i see my mother alive she told me to give her a hand and she said be strong i hope after tears you're gonna be all right my friends in new york and valerie and evelyn my step-sister debbie matt told me to be strong i do what i want to do i know i needed to get it together my brothers thank you everybody for taking the time to pay their respects amen giving honors to god and the pastor of the church and the family my name is veronica roberson i'm a friend of henry ricardo and i just want to let the family know to be encouraged in the word of god it says we've been may endure for a night but joy come in the morning for those who believe and i came to show my face for a dear friend named rick o'hare i met henry through some ritual friends steve and bill we'll all be at the tracks out there together and henry he told me about his mother and i never met a man that always talk about his mother he talked about his mother so much as if i knew his mother he'll be on facebook and i come on his page and i look at pictures of him and his mother and that led me knew that he came from a blessed woman of god a blessed woman and you know when you raise your kids you can tell the fruit of a woman's labor by how her kids carry themselves so when i met hearing i said he must come from a blessed woman of god and henry i want you to know hold your head up high look to the heels which may come at your head because all your help comes from the lord himself baby you are blessed keep standing bold keep standing on the word of god and most of all lean to god he's your help in a time of sorrow and he will wipe your tears away and baby all i got to say keep being you cause you are a chosen vessel of god and may god bless you [Music] hello my name is keith robinson i live next door to miss ricardo since i was born she was there for me when i lost my mother that's the first person i see and she said to me okay you know i love you and i said i love you too and she was there for me and i will always be here for mr girl i sat many nights on my boyfriend day and night since i was a little boy and i would never ever forget her my bones these are my big brothers these are the only brothers i ever had that's what they said i love you and now you my mother could continue to hang out [Music] how together how great [Music] how great how great is [Music] oh [Music] worthy of all oh [Music] is [Music] oh [Music] is my heart will see oh [Music] oh is it is god [Music] most gracious heavenly father we just say thank you lord god we thank you for absolutely everything father there's nothing that you don't know nothing that is hid from you this day was already sanctioned god before ever a day was made you gave this woman into the earth 90-plus years in god you allowed her to see so many things experience so much and then god you graced her god with longevity her life is a story within itself now father we ask that since you have graduated her father i ask that you speak to her children allow your spirit god to rest upon them father i know you can do it i know you can do it reply we pray these blessings in jesus name and we say amen a family i'm the senior pastor of our church here at bethel's family and did have the privilege of meeting mother on many occasions because the ricardo family have been around the church here for 15 years or more somewhere in that neighborhood and so we had encounters and we've been here before even before mother passed uh we were there for her daughter linda we were there for her son we were already interwoven into this family and i want to share with you because uh god has graduated her what it means now is that you have to prepare for your own graduation and nobody can prepare your graduation for you you got to prepare it for yourself in the bible god is divinely very clear that no man can go into the father except through jesus the christ he gave his son into this earth to live a life as ours but being god all at the same time there's nothing you're going to experience there's nothing you could feel no pain is too deep that the god that we serve and his son don't understand and many times we take life for granted because we assume that we're running some stuff and we're in charge and we waste a lot of years doing absolutely nothing but now it come time when you prepare for graduation that's when you've got a cram on the exams what's on the exam rev i tell you well love is on the exam the bible tells me is that the great commandment says well to love the lord our god with all of our hearts with all of our soul with all of our strength with all of our mind in the second is like it to love our neighbors as we love ourselves love is the foundation of faith without family and without love you don't have nothing and love is on the test now when it come down to love you must know that love have a definitive definition in first corinthians 13 verse 13 it says in these three remain faith hope and love and the greatest of these is love i've set where you set a couple years ago when my mom went home to be with the lord she lived for five years shy of your mom of your grandmother your great-grandmother my mom was 88 years of age and i remember being at the service celebrating the lord for how he had blessed my mom and i want you to bless the lord for how he has blessed your mom through seeing and unseen dangers he blessed her and it came out of the love that she had for him in the love that she had for you because love that god calls it's called an agape love is an unconditional love it's a love that in spite of your amen decisions in spite of your behavior in spite of your attitude god still loves you and that's the love that mothers give to their children the closest relationship on the face of the earth is between a mother and her sons now she'll put the daughter out but the sons can stay until they ninety they can collect their social together it's a bond that mothers have with their sons because it is a natural affinity that the sons are the closest to the heart of their mom and any woman will tell you that have a son she will stand in harm's way to protect that son and that son will walk through fire to protect his mother is that kind of bond and relationship but also with come love come also forgiveness you have to forgive one another because forgiveness is a gift that you get to give because nobody in the house no not one is righteous we're only here by the grace and mercy of a good god if it were told none of us are fit for heaven but because of the shed blood of christ who have come and washed and cleansed us from a guilty conscience and purify our hearts we're not able to enter into the kingdom of heaven and so paul says in ephesians 4 he says be their kind one to another forgiving each other just as in christ god forgave you so if love going to be in the middle forgiveness going to wrap itself around it then you got to continue to pray that god will continue to grace you and give you mercy because in this life this life have to so many twists and turns even our best mate plans can be altered by circumstances in situations i'm from south louisiana so i understand our culture i understand conflict i understand generational issues but i do know i go back to my mother my mother did not allow differences to keep them from loving and so i want to encourage the ricardo family and friends to continue to keep your eyes on jesus keep your eyes upon spiritual things so you got to keep looking up there's nothing wrong with crying cry if you must run around if you need to roll on the floor if you have to fall on the floor but don't fall on nobody because we ain't gonna pick you up but at the end of the day keep loving one another keep your eyes on god because all flesh is dead there is no eternal glory in flesh there's a spirit man on the inside that get a chance to transfer itself into the heavenly rams and one of the things i've learned from my mama i don't sweat the small stuff and i don't let nothing i can't control control me you might as well write that one down because that's important don't let nothing you cannot control control you now it's a day of celebration you don't get to 92 years without having the favor of god over your life so in the midst of your tears you ought to stand on your feet and let's celebrate that the lord allowed your mother your grandmother your auntie your great aunt your sister to live 92 years so go ahead and thank the lord in your own way you can stand that we about to get out here call clock tell me to come on in here y'all stand up young people let's celebrate the lord for the longevity nobody took our life she didn't get shot in the back she didn't get amen wanting to drive by she lived her life 92 years what a blessing majority of people are not even getting half of that so ricardo family keep your heads up keep your heads up god has favored your family god has favored your family would y'all let brock know wake him up [Music] come on [Music] where i'm going [Music] anybody ask you where i'm going where i'm going oh to be with my lord if you want to know where i'm going where i'm going going soon if anybody asks you anybody ask you where beyond to be with my oh oh oh lord [Music] you

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Published: Fri Oct 01 2021