Religious
Funeral Quotes
Sometimes, the wise and lyrical words of others who have been here before, can help you put your own thoughts and feelings into perspective.
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Spiritual
“Death is nothing else but going home to God, the bond of love will be unbroken for all eternity.”
– Mother Teresa
“You light a lamp for me. The Lord, my God, lights up my darkness”
– Psalm 18:28
“Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted”
– Matthew 5:4
“The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord”
– Job 1:20
“When you go through deep waters, I will be with you.
When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown.
When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up;
the flames will not consume you.”
– Isaiah 43: 2
“The darker the night, the brighter the stars. The deeper the grief, the closer to God.”
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky
“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
– Romans 6:23
“For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even to the end.”
– Psalm 48:14
“For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God.”
– Job 19:25-26
“The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. He has me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside the still waters. He revives my soul; He guides me on paths of righteousness for His glory. Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no harm, For you are with me … Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, And I shall abide in the house of the Lord forever.”
– Psalm 23
“So you have pain now; but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.”
– John 16:22
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.”
– George S. Patton Jr.
“Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.”
– Matthew 25:21
“This is my comfort in my affliction; that your promise gives me life.”
– Psalm 119:50
“If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.”
– Michelangelo
“They will come back, come back again, as long as the red earth rolls. He never wasted a leaf or a tree. Do you think He would squander souls?”
– Rudyard Kipling
“If God hath made this world so fair; Where sin and death abound; How beautiful beyond compare; Will paradise be found!”
– James Montgomery
“God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
– Revelation 21:4
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Funeral
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Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, all come from earth, and to earth all return.
Ashes to ashes,
dust to dust,
all come from earth,
and to earth all return.