THE
BURIAL SERVICE THE
SERVICE IN
THE HOUSE OR CHURCH |
||
CSI LITURGY
Burial service
|
A lyric or hymn is sung. If the service is held in the house, the minister and people gather in the place where the body lies, and the minister reads some or all of the following sentences. If the service is held in the church, the sentences may be read while the body is carried into the church. BLESSED
be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God
of all comfort, who comforts us in our affliction, so that we may be able to
comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we
ourselves are comforted by God. 2 Cor. 1: 3, 4 Thou
dost show me the path of life; in thy presence there is fullness of joy, in
thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.
Ps. 16: 11 His
favor is for a lifetime. Weeping
may tarry for thee night, but joy comes with the morning. Jesus
said: ‘I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, though he
dies, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never
die’. John 11: 25, 26 Because
I live, you will live also. John
14: 19 Truly,
truly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear
the voice of the At the burial of a child, the following may be used: He
will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in His arms, He
will carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
Isaiah. 40:11 Jesus
said: ‘It is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these
little ones should perish. For I
tell you that in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who
is in heaven’.
One
or more of the following psalms1 are said or sung: Psalm 90
LORD,
thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before
the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the
world, from
everlasting to everlasting thou art God. Thou
turnest man back to the dust, For
a thousand years in thy sight Thou
dost sweep men away; they are like a In
the morning it flourishes and is renewed; For
we are Thou
hast set our iniquities before thee, For
all our days pass away under thy wrath, The
years of our life are threescore and ten, Who
considers the power of thy anger, So
teach us to number our days Return,
O Lord! How long? Satisfy
us in the morning with thy steadfast love, Make
us glad as many days as thou hast afflicted us, Let
thy work be manifest to thy servants, Let
the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, Glory
be to the Father: and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; As
it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end.
Amen,
Psalm 130
OUT
of the depths I cry to thee, O Lord! Hear
my voice! If
thou, O Lord, shouldst mark iniquities, But
there is forgiveness with thee, I
wait for the Lord, my soul waits, My
soul waits for the Lord O
Israel, hope in the Lord! And
He will redeem Israel Glory
be to the Father: and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; As
it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end.
Amen, Psalm 23
The
Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want; He
makes me lie down in the green pastures. He
restores my soul. Even
though I walk through the valley of the Thou
preparest a table before me Surely
goodness and mercy shall follow me
Glory
be to the Father: and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; As
it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end.
Amen,
One
or more of the following passages of Scripture are read: 1
Corinthians 15: 20-28 and 35-58. Revelation
7: 9-17 and 21: 1-7. A short address may be given here, and after it the minister says: The
Lord be with you: And with thy spirit. Let
us pray Lord,
have mercy upon us. Christ have mercy upon us. Lord,
have mercy upon us. Our
Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come; Thy will
be done; In earth as it is in heaven. Give
us this day our daily bread; And
forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us;
And lead us not into temptation, But
deliver us from evil. For thine
is the kingdom, The power and the glory,
For ever and ever. Amen.
Minister:
Let us commend our brother departed to God. The
souls of the righteous are in the hand of God: And
no torment will ever touch them.
Let
us pray ALMIGHTY
God, with whom do live the spirits of them that depart hence in the Lord, and
with whom the souls of the faithful are in joy and felicity: We commend into
thy hands the soul of this our brother; trusting that thou wilt bring him into
sure consolation and rest. Grant,
we beseech thee, that at the day of Judgment he and all his people, departed
out of this life, may with us, and we with them, fully receive thy promises,
and be made perfect; through thee glorious resurrection of thy Son Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen. Let
us pray for those who mourn. Blessed
are those who mourn. For
they shall be comforted.
Matt. 5: 4 Let
us pray Father
of mercies and God of all comforts: Look in thy tender love and pity, we
beseech thee, on thy sorrowing servants.
Be thou to them their refuge and strength, a very present help in
trouble; make them to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge; who by
death hath conquered death, and by rising again hath opened the gates of
everlasting life; even Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen. Let
us pray for faith and hope. I
believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord: In
the land of the living.
Ps. 27: 13 Let
us pray O
HEAVENLY Father, who in thy Son Jesus Christ hast given us a true faith, and a
sure hope: Help us, we pray thee, to live as those who believe and trust in
the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, and the resurrection to life
everlasting; and strengthen this faith and hope in us all the days of our
life; through thy Son Jesus Christ. Amen. And
now, in sure and steadfast hope, let us declare our faith: I
believe in God the Father almighty, Maker of heaven and earth:
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, Who was conceived by the
Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was
crucified, dead, and buried, He descended into hell; The third day he rose
again from the dead, He ascended into heaven, And sitteth on the right hand of
God the Father almighty; From
thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit; The holy catholic Church; The Communion
of Saints: The Forgiveness of
sins; The Resurrection of the
body; And the Life everlasting. Amen.
The people may sing a lyric or hymn. The minister and people say together: The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the
Holy Spirit, be with us all. Amen. As
the body is taken from the church or house, the people sing.
|