Lastly let us remember before God all those who rejoice with us, but upon another shore, and in a greater light, that multitude which no man can number, whose hope was in the Word made flesh, and with whom, in this Lord Jesus, we for evermore are one.
From the Bidding Prayer for the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols (PDF).
Always have a lump in my throat when I hear that.
(Source: confessingevangelical.com)
