Posted in funeral readings on Dec 11th, 2008
When you lose someone that was dear to you it is very difficult to think straight and find what you need to celebrate their life. One of the things I found most comforting was specially written funeral readings - it made speaking in public much easier at a time when my emotions were running high. [...]
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Posted in readings for funerals on Dec 29th, 2008
This is collection of excellent funeral readings and poems. I hope you will like them. I think they are all truly beautiful.
Funeral Blues
W. H. Auden
(This poem was made popular by its reading in the movie “Four Weddings and a Funeral.”)
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence [...]
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Posted in funeral readings on Dec 26th, 2008
Christian funeral readings are very significant, because the word of God is of great importance in the funeral ceremony. The funeral readings proclaim the meaning that Christ himself gave to death, teach us to remember the dead, nourish our hope of being gathered together again in God’s kingdom, and encourage us to live the Christian [...]
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