Funeral readings are a standard practice in most memorial services, and while being chosen to speak at a funeral of a cherished loved one is an honor, it’s normal to feel some pressure to choose the right words or best reading for a funeral from a chosen text, poem, or quote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While gathering together as a community to say a final goodbye to someone who was loved and appreciated by all is not easy, sharing uplifting funeral readings at the service can also help you (and other attendees of the memorial service) come to terms with the loss. If you’re not sure about where to start with your reading at a funeral, no need to let pressure get the best of you – we’ve put together 10 of the best funeral readings that anyone can use.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are writing a funera<\/a>l order of service<\/a>, adding inspiring funeral readings can complement the eulogy and lift hearts and minds. Funeral readings, poems, and quotes can help make sure your loved one’s beliefs, philosophies, and personality are reflected in their service. Additionally, many find funeral readings helpful when it comes to expressing their feelings of loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All funerals are different, so it’s important to find funeral readings that are appropriate for the service, and adequately commemorate your subject. Here are 10 uplifting funeral readings, poems, and quotes for any service that will touch and comfort family and friends during this time of grieving:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dear lovely Death Remember Me: To the angry, I was cheated, As you look in awe at a mighty forest and its grand majesty – remember me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As you look upon a flower and admire its simplicity – remember me.\r\n 1. Dear Lovely Death – Langston Hughes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
That taketh all things under wing\u2014
Never to kill\u2014
Only to change
Into some other thing
This suffering flesh,
To make it either more or less,
But not again the same\u2014
Dear lovely Death,
Change is thy other name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n2. Remember Me – Margaret Mead<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
To the living, I am gone.
To the sorrowful, I will never return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But to the happy, I am at peace,
And to the faithful, I have never left.
I cannot be seen, but I can be heard.
So as you stand upon a shore, gazing at a beautiful sea – remember me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n