Lord's Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven, 
Hallowed be thy Name. 
Thy kingdom come. 
Thy will be done, 
On earth as it is in heaven. 
Give us this day our daily bread. 
And forgive us our trespasses, 
As we forgive those who trespass against us. 
And lead us not into temptation, 
But deliver us from evil. 
For thine is the kingdom, 
and the power, and the glory, 
for ever and ever. 

Amen. 

A POEM FOR THE GRIEVING...

Do not stand at my grave and weep. 
I am not there, I do not sleep. 
I am a thousand winds that blow, 
I am the diamond glints on snow. 
I am the sunlight on ripened grain, 
I am the gentle autumn's rain. 
When you awaken in the morning's hush, 
I am the swift uplifting rush 
of quiet birds in circled flight. 
I am the stars that shine at night. 
Do not stand at my grave and cry, 
I am not there, I did not die... 

Anonymous 

All Is Well
 
Death is nothing at all, 
I have only slipped into the next room 
I am I and you are you 
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still. 
Call me by my old familiar name, 
Speak to me in the easy way which you always used 
Put no difference in your tone, 
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow 
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together. 
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me. 
Let my name be ever the household world that it always was, 
Let it be spoken without effect, without the trace of shadow on it. 
Life means all that it ever meant. 
It it the same as it ever was, there is unbroken continuity. 
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? 
I am waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near, 
Just around the corner. 
All is well. 

Henry Scott Holland
1847-1918

Life Goes On
 
If I should go before the rest of you 
Break not a flower 
Nor inscribe a stone 
Nor when I am gone 
Speak in a Sunday voice 
But be the usual selves 
That I have known 

Weep if you must 
Parting is hell 
But life goes on 
So .... sing as well 

Joyce Grenfell 
1910-1979