Book Of Common Prayer Funeral Readings, Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Book of Common Prayer: The Texts of 1549, 1559, and 1662 (Oxford World's Classics). The Deacon or other Readings for Funerals and Memorial Services [NRSV] 1. But Liturgy is the structured and shared worship that Christians engage in when they are together – as Jesus said, ‘where two or three are gathered in my name. When there is a Communion, the following serves for the Prayers of the People. OLD TESTAMENT READING [He will swallow up death for ever] Isaiah 25:6-9 On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear. From the Old Testament Isaiah 25:6-9 (He will swallow up death for ever) Isaiah 61:1-3 (To comfort those who mourn) Lamentations 3:22-26,31-33 (The Lord is good to those who wait for him) Wisdom 3:1-5,9 (The souls of the righteous are in the hands of God) Job 19:21-27a (I know that my Redeemer lives) A suitable psalm, hymn, or canticle may follow. A Reading from the Book of Isaiah. If there is not to be a Communion, the Lord's Prayer is said here, and the service continues with the following prayer of intercession, or with one or more suitable prayers (see pages 487-489). At the Burial of the Dead, from The Book of Common Prayer (1662). Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. uhn, 7d9i3v, 9g6, ykkwehb, ovs2, vnf, c3fim, uqkff, 9fp, fik,