Every time I attend a funeral, I take one of those prayers cards stacked near the sign-in book. You know, the ones with the person’s dates of birth and death and sometimes a holy picture ...

Christian funerals, including the different ceremonies and beliefs about death in the Church of England and Catholic Church. They shall suffer the punishment of eternal destruction and exclusion ...

One common theme, however, is that Christian belief ... body to be visible during a funeral service or ceremony. Attendees are welcome to approach the casket with prayers or thoughts.

What I bought was a small pleather portfolio stuffed with 18 funeral cards—Catholic ... and brief prayers or poems. The lure of memorial cards extends beyond a morbid fascination with death.

At the service, Sarah read one of her mother’s favorite poems, Elizabeth’s younger sister told an amusing story about their childhood, the chaplain from the nursing home read Psalm 23 and prayed a ...

Christian funerals, including the different ceremonies and beliefs about death in the Church of England and Catholic Church. Christians believe that when someone dies, they are judged by God.