God’s love and power extend over
all creation. Every life, including our own, is precious to God. Christians
have always believed that there is hope in death as in life, and that there is
new life in Christ over death.
Even those who share such faith find
that there is a real sense of loss at the death of a loved one. We will each
have had our own experiences of their life and death, with different memories
and different feelings of love, grief and respect. To acknowledge this at the
beginning of the service should help us to use this occasion to express our
faith and our feelings as we say farewell, acknowledge our loss and our
sorrow, and to reflect on our own mortality. Those who mourn need support and
consolation. Our presence here today is part of that continuing support.
For more information about Funerals
try the Church
of England Website.