Wednesday, March 09, 2011

From the graveside service

UNTO Almighty God we commend the soul of our brother departed, and we commit his body to the ground; 
earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; 
in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection unto eternal life, 
through our Lord Jesus Christ, at whose coming in glorious majesty to judge the world, 
the earth and the sea shall give up their dead; and the corruptible bodies of those who sleep in him shall be changed, 
and made like unto his own glorious body; according to the mighty working whereby he is able to subdue all things unto himself.   ---1928 Book of Common Prayer

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