Funeral
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.
