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1.
A Funeral Litany
Leader: Loving God, we give you thanks for the life of Name,
and for the gifts we have received through her life.
All: We have been blessed, in ways we know and ways that are hidden.
We are grateful, and we give you thanks.
Leader: We are also brokenhearted, for we will miss her.
All: Receive our grief and bless our sorrow,
As Jesus wept at the graveside, you weep with us now
Leader: Jesus has promised, “I will not leave you orphaned;
my Father and I will come to you and make our home with you.”
All: We give you thanks, for when we are broken you are with us;
when we are bewildered you give yourself to us.
Leader: May our sorrow give us humility and soften our hearts.
All: May we love more deeply, live more honestly,
and attend more closely to your leading.
Leader: Give us grace to be present for one another,
for there are none who do not grieve.
All: We pledge our love to each other. By your grace
may we forgive one another, repent of our sin,
and live in harmony in the time we are given.
Leader: As weface the mystery of death we are mindful of our own.
All: We entrust ourselves to your presence and your guidance,
to your unfailing love. We give thanks
that by our love we participate in yours, which is eternal life.
Leader: Jesus said, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.”
All: In the name of the Risen One, we give our lives to you. Amen.
2. A Funeral Litany (based on Psalm 23)
Leader: Loving God, in times of grief we seek your presence.
We need your gentle care.
All: Lord, you are my my shepherd; I shall not want.
You make me lie down in green pastures;
you lead me beside still waters;
you restore my soul.
Leader: When we are bewildered we seek your guidance.
Lead us in lives of grace and love.
All: You lead me in right paths
for your name’s sake.
Leader: When we face the mystery of death
may your presence grant us peace.
All: Even though I walk through the valley
of the shadow of death,
I fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
Leader: May our sorrow soften our hearts,
our grief open us to the grief of others;
may it deepen our compassion and our gratitude,
that we may All: You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
you anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows. Leader: Free from our fear of death,
may we live in harmony and peace.
All: Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
my whole life long.
3.
A Funeral Litany (based on John 14)
Leader: Loving God, we come with grief. We come with gratitude.
All: We have been blessed. And our hearts are broken.
Leader: Jesus said, “Do not let your hearts be troubled.”
All: We give you our grief, for even you have wept at the graveside.
Remind us again, Beloved, that death has not the last word.
Leader: “Trust in God, trust also in me.”
All: As we entrust our dearly beloved to you,
we think of our own death. Receive us, O God,
Leader: “In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places.
I go to prepare a place for you, and I will come again
and will take you to myself,
so that where I am, there you may be also.”
All: In the face of death, we need you.
When we are bewildered, be present with us.
Leader: “I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you.”
All: Let your resurrection be real, not only in the past but now.
Leader: “Because I live, you also will live.”
All: Help us to live well, to live with love.
Help us to not feel alone in this world.
Leader: “Those who love me will keep my word,
and my Father will love them,
and we will come to them and make our home with them.”
All: Loving God, receive our grieving hearts;
even in our sorrow give us peace.
Leader: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.
I do not give to you as the world gives.
Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.”
All: Loving God, we thank you. We love you.
And we entrust ourselves to you, in the name of Christ. Amen.