Funeral held for nine-year old Alice da Silva Aguiar

  • 2 months ago
Hundreds of people have paid their respects to one of the three girls killed in the Southport attacks. Alice da Silva Aguiar, aged nine, died from her injuries in hospital a day after a knifeman attacked children attending a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.

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00:00King of my heart, Christ be with you, Christ be near, Lord, Christ be above me, never to part.
00:22Christ on my right hand, Christ on my left.
00:30Lord, have mercy.
00:37Lord, have mercy.
00:44Lord, have mercy.
01:04For her first Holy Communion over the last few months, she loved playing the guitar and I think her guitar teacher is here today as well, so he's going to hear all the wrong notes I play.
01:13But it's her guitar, so it's so precious. I spent about half an hour yesterday trying to tune it and try to get my arthritic fingers around this little neck on here, so I'll try.
01:23Sunlight shines through the clouds, warming the earth below.
01:35A little sunshine. Uphold them, enfold them, as we stand.
01:44No one can come to the Father except through me.

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