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Funerals

What words do we share at a funeral or memorial service?
With what words do we celebrate life?
Who writes them?
Who says them?
Who hears them?

Resources for funerals & memorial services listed alphabetically:

A prayer to accompany the image of the deceased — Ana Gobledale, UK

Death is nothing at All — Canon Henry Scott-Holland, UK, 1847-1918

Death’s welcome — Ana Gobledale, UK

Funerals

Giving thanks — a prayer as one approaches death — Cara Heafey, UK

Gravestone unveiling — Ana Gobledale, UK

Hopi Prayer — Mary E. Frye

In your heart — David Romano

Nearing Death

Prayer for approaching an horizon, St Edith Stein

Remembrance Day / Veterans Day, 11 Nov

Stardust — Lorraine Steel, USA

Tis a Fearful Thing ― Yehuda HaLevi, Spain

We give our loved one back to God — Rossiter Worthington Raymond, USA

We will live in our children’s stories — Jeanne Lohmann, USA

What lies beyond death? — Cara Heafey, UK

 

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