Ceremony Choices

Lord God, by the power of your Word
you stilled the chaos of the primeval seas,
you made the raging waters of the Flood subside,
and you calmed the storm on the Sea of Galilee.

As we commit the earthly remains
of our brother/sister
[Full Name]
to the deep,
grant him/her peace and tranquility
until that day when [name]
and all who believe in you
will be raised to the glory of new life
promised in the waters of baptism.

We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen *

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Yeetgadal v' yeetkadash sh'mey rabbah (Amein).
May His great Name grow exalted and sanctified (Amen.)

B'almah dee v'rah kheer'utey
in the world that He created as He willed.

v' yamleekh malkhutei,b'chahyeykhohn, uv' yohmeykhohn,
May He give reign to His kingship in your lifetimes and in your days,

uv'chahyei d'chohl beyt yisrael,
and in the lifetimes of the entire Family of Israel,

ba'agalah u'veez'man kareev, v'eemru: Amein.
swiftly and soon. Now respond: Amen.

(Amein. Y'hey sh'met rabbah m'varach l'alam u'l'almey almahyah)
(Amen. May His great Name be blessed forever and ever.)

Y'hey sh'met rabbah m'varach l'alam u'l'almey almahyah.
May His great Name be blessed forever and ever.

Yeet'barakh, v' yeesh'tabach, v' yeetpa'ar, v' yeetrohmam, v' yeet'nasei,
Blessed, praised, glorified, exalted, extolled,

v' yeet'hadar, v' yeet'aleh, v' yeet'halal sh'mey d'kudshah b'reekh hoo
mighty, upraised, and lauded be the Name of the Holy One, Blessed is He

L'eylah meen kohl beerkhatah v'sheeratah,
beyond any blessing and song,

toosh'b'chatah v'nechematah, da'ameeran b'al'mah, v'eemru: Amein
praise and consolation that are uttered in the world. Now respond: Amen.

Y'hei shlamah rabbah meen sh'mahyah,v'chahyeem
May there be abundant peace from Heaven, and life

aleynu v'al kohl yisrael, v'eemru: Amein
upon us and upon all Israel. Now respond: Amen.

Oseh shalom beem'roh'mahv, hoo ya'aseh shalom,
He Who makes peace in His heights, may He make peace,

aleynu v'al kohl yisrael v'eemru: Amein
upon us and upon all Israel. Now respond: Amen.

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We commit the earthly remains of
[Full Name]
to the Deep ~
ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

From water, all life arises.
Mother of waters, Father of rain,
You have taken back your own.
As a stream flows into a river,
as a river flows into the sea,
may [his/her] spirit flow
to the waters of healing,
to the waters of rebirth.

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i thank you God...

i thank you God for most this amazing day:
for the leaping greenly spirit of trees
and a blue true dream of sky;
and for everything which is natural
which is infinite
which is yes

(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun's birthday; this is the birth
day of life and of love and wings: and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)

how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any - lifted from the no
of all nothing - human merely being
doubt unimaginable You?

(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)

-- e.e. cummings (1894-1963)

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Crossing the Bar

Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
   When I put out to sea,

But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
And turns again home.

Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;

For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
   When I have cros't the bar.

                                                              by Alfred Tennyson

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The Ship

A Parable of Immortality

I am standing upon the seashore.

A ship at my side spreads her white sails in the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean.
She is an object of beauty and strength
and I stand and watch until at last she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea
and sky come down to mingle with each other.

Then someone at my side says,
"There, she's gone!”

Gone Where? Gone from my sight… that is all.
She is just as large in mast and hull and spar
as she was when she left my side
and just as able to bear her load of living freight to the place of destination.

Her diminished size is in me, not in her.
And, just at the moment when someone at my side says, “There she's gone,” there are other eyes watching her coming and other voices ready to take up the glad shout,
“There, she comes!”

Rev. Henry Jackson Van Dyke (1852-1933)

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We therefore commit the earthly remains of
[Full Name]
to the deep,
looking for the general Resurrection in the last day,
and the life of the world to come,
through our Lord Jesus Christ;
at whose second coming in glorious majesty
to judge the world, the sea shall give up her dead;
and the corruptible bodies of those who sleep in him
shall be changed, and made like unto his glorious body;
according to the mighty working
whereby he is able to subdue all things unto himself.
Amen

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