Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Opening and CLosing prayers for the opening of a Funeral Home

Opening:
Source of life, Creative Spirit, God of many names and faces,
You are with us in life and in death and in life after death.
We give thanks for those who support us in life and who are there at the time of death to offer comfort, to give us a safe place to express our grief and say good bye to a loved one.
In this place broken hearts will gather, in this place lives will be remembered, in this place tears will be shed, in this place final farewells will be said.
We know that such times of farewell are sacred times, thin places. And so we ask your blessing for this place, for those who work within it, and for those who will gather here. Amen.

Closing:
Eternal Spirit, Giver of life,
We have gathered to mark a new beginning, a new place for old practices.
Here people touch the holiness that lies at the core of life.
Here people will seek comfort according to their own beliefs and cultures and understandings.
Watch over this place. As we ask these things we remember one who revealed your presence and love in the world, a man named Jesus, who encouraged his friends to pray by saying..

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