(And just in case you don't know Colours of Day, I will just point out that the chorus starts: "So light up the fire, and let the flame burn" and a priest I knew told me that he was the one doing the cremation service, so it isn't just an urban myth...)
"Truly, it is the indescribable sweetness of contemplation which you give to those who love you. In this you have shown the tenderness of your charity, that when I had no being you made me; and when I strayed away from you, you brought me back again to serve you and commanded me to love you." The Imitation of Christ
Saturday, 4 August 2007
Graveyard Humour
Along with the ghastly choice of "Colours of Day" as a nice hymn for a Cremation Service, this struck me as one of the funniest shop signs ever...
Mantilla twitched in the direction of Gem of the Ocean - a new blog from Karen H, who (I believe) commented frequently as "Karen H - San Diego" so pop on over and have a little look!
(And just in case you don't know Colours of Day, I will just point out that the chorus starts: "So light up the fire, and let the flame burn" and a priest I knew told me that he was the one doing the cremation service, so it isn't just an urban myth...)
(And just in case you don't know Colours of Day, I will just point out that the chorus starts: "So light up the fire, and let the flame burn" and a priest I knew told me that he was the one doing the cremation service, so it isn't just an urban myth...)
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Thanks for the twitch!! My friend Christine and I just about wet our pants when we saw it. The pic is a little fuzzy -- but all the essentials are there!!! I thought we had all the "out there" stuff in California, but they had us beat on this one. Maybe because in California we pretend dying is an option. Though I have to say flying in and out of Denver on the way back had me thinking about those "last things." [I don't think I'd been on a flight as choppy going into (we bounced on the runway when we landed!) or on take off for a good 15 minutes into the flight. (I've been through earth quakes less annoying) -- Denver is notorious for "wind sheer" which is why I usually avoid it. I felt a little safer on the flight than I ought to have - as it happend the star of the show we'd gone to see had the same flight out of Sacramento that I did. I was counting on the Almighty not to take one so talented too young!
Karen H. -- San Diego, CA.
Genuine hymns that I was asked for as an Anglican Clergyman for a Cremation included "Give me oil in my lamp, Keep me burning.."
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