Spiritual Funeral Poems Which are Beautiful and Heartfelt. Poems for funerals form an essential part of the funeral service. These funeral poems are suitable to read as a eulogy or include in an obituary. You can also use them as short verses on funeral cards, as condolence messages, or as sympathy or bereavement poems. Each one can provide a fitting memorial to a loved one, whether it be your mum, dad, grandparent or someone. Perhaps you are struggling to find the right words for a memorial reading or a condolence card. We hope you will find the perfect funeral poem here. You can add the Funeral Poems to mass cards, funeral guest books, celebration of life memorial programs as well as so many other places.

 

Spiritual Funeral Poems Which are Beautiful and Heartfelt

 

We Give Them Back

We give them back to you, O Lord,

who first gave them to us;

yet as you did not lose them in giving,

so we do not lose them by their return…

For what is yours is ours also,

if we belong to you.

Life is unending and the boundary

of this mortal life is but a horizon,

and a horizon is nothing

save the limit of our sight.

Lift us up, strong Son of God,

that we may see more clearly….

And while you prepare a place for us,

prepare us also for that happy place,

that we may be with you

and with those we loved for evermore.

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We Remember Him (Her)

We remember him.
At the blowing of the wind and in the chill of winter
At the opening of the buds and in the rebirth of spring,
We remember him.
At the blueness of the skies and in the warmth of summer
At the rustling of the leaves and in the beauty of autumn,
We remember him.
At the rising of the sun and at its setting,
We remember him.
As long as we live, he too will live
For he is now a part of us,
As we remember him.

Adapted from the Yizkor Service

 

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Spiritual Funeral Poems Which are Beautiful

Here are some more Spiritual Funeral Poems Which are Beautiful and Heartfelt to Say Goodbye

to a loved one which also can be used for a goodbye at a funeral, celebration of life or memorial service.

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We Lay You Down

Into the darkness and warmth of the earth
We lay you down
Into the sadness and smiles of our memories
We lay you down
Into the cycle of living and dying and rising again
We lay you down
May you rest in peace, in fulfillment, in loving
May you run straight home in God’s embrace

By Ruth Burgess

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The White Chariot

During your journey on your final flight home.
White wings will carry you and you will be flown.
To the pearly gates of Heaven, where they will usher you in.
To the feet of your Lord, your Saviour, and your friend.
He will hold you in his arms and the angels will sing.
As another one of His children is delivered by white wings.

By Julie Johnson

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A Silent Tear

Just close your eyes and you will see
All the memories that you have of me
Just sit and relax and you will find
I’m really still there inside your mind
Don’t cry for me now I’m gone
For I am in the land of song
There is no pain, there is no fear
So dry away that silent tear
Don’t think of me in the dark and cold
For here I am, no longer old
I’m in that place that’s filled with love
Known to you all, as “UP ABOVE”

By Gaynor Llewellyn

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Prayer or St Francis of Assisi

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where this is hatred, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light
And where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

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High Flight

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds, –and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of –Wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air…
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark or even eagle flew —
And, while with silent lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

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A Prayer

May perpetual light shine upon

The face of he who rests here.

May the remembering earth

Mind every memory he brought.

May the rains from the heavens

Fall gently upon him.

May the wildflowers and grasses

Whisper their wishes into the light.

May we reverence the village of presence

In the stillness of this silent field.

Adapted from a poem by John Donohue

 

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