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Burial Rites for Adults Together with a Rite for the Burial of a Child: Enriching Our Worship 3
Contributor(s): Church Publishing (Author)
ISBN: 0898695392     ISBN-13: 9780898695397
Publisher: Church Publishing
OUR PRICE:   $18.95  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: February 2007
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Annotation: These newly authorized rites are intended to be a supplement to the burial services in the Book of Common Prayer, adding a rich variety of new material from many sources, including prayers for one who has died in military service, for one of unknown faith, for an unbeliever, and for a member of an inter-faith family. All of the major pastoral issues of the Prayer Book rites are addressedfrom the reception of the body to the consecration of the grave and the intermentbut with a freshness of language in new texts that the speak to contemporary sensibilities.
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity - Episcopalian
- Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice - Worship & Liturgy
- Family & Relationships | Death, Grief, Bereavement
Physical Information: 0.28" H x 6.12" W x 8.65" (0.37 lbs) 94 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Mainline
- Religious Orientation - Christian
- Topical - Death/Dying
 
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These newly authorized rites are intended to be a supplement to the burial services in the Book of Common Prayer, adding a rich variety of new material from many sources, including prayers for one who has died in military service, for one of unknown faith, for an unbeliever, and for a member of an inter-faith family. All of the major pastoral issues of the Prayer Book rites are addressed from the reception of the body to the consecration of the grave and the interment but with a freshness of language in new texts that the speak to contemporary sensibilities.

CONTENTS

Introduction with planning information
Two vigil rites before a funeral
Rites for the reception of the body
Collects, prayers and readings for the burial service, including a celebration of the Eucharist
Rites of committal
Burial of one who does not profess the Christian faith
Additional prayers
Committal at a crematory
A service of remembrance
Suggested hymns and songs