Popular Prayers

Welcome to our collection of popular funeral prayers

The Methodist Worship Book
The Roman Catholic: Order of Christian Funerals
Common Worship: Pastoral Services
Orthodox Kontakion for the Departed Methodist Worship Book
The Book of Common Prayer

A Gaelic Farewell

May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face.
May the rain fall softly upon your fields until we meet again,
And may God hold you in the hollow of his hand.