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"On Eagle's Wings" is a devotional hymn composed by Michael Joncas.Its words are based on Psalm 91, [1] Book of Exodus 19, and Matthew 13. [2] Joncas wrote the piece in either 1976 [3] or 1979, [1] [4] after he and his friend, Douglas Hall, returned from a meal to learn that Hall's father had died of a heart attack. [5]
"Memory Eternal" is chanted at the end of services on Saturdays of the Dead, though not for an individual, but for all of the faithful departed. "Memory Eternal" is intoned by the deacon and then chanted by all in response three times during the liturgy on the Sunday of Orthodoxy to commemorate church hierarchs, Orthodox monarchs, Orthodox patriarchs and clergy, and all deceased Orthodox ...
These uplifting funeral readings from the Bible will bring comfort amid loss. Top funeral scripture can be used in a speech, on a funeral program or headstone. 15 Comforting and Uplifting Bible ...
In Common Worship, this is listed among "Canticles for Use at Funeral and Memorial Services" [11] One of the most well-known settings in England is a plainchant theme by Thomas Tallis. Herbert Howells composed 20 settings of this pair of canticles, including the Gloucester Service (1947) and the St Paul's Service (1951).
Compositions created specially for funeral use or as a memorial to a deceased person or persons. Settings of the requiem mass can be found in that subcategory. Subcategories
The Memorial Acclamation is an acclamation sung or recited by the people after the institution narrative of the Eucharist. [1] They were common in ancient eastern liturgies [ 1 ] and have more recently been introduced into Roman Catholic , Lutheran , Anglican and Methodist liturgies.
The normal memorial service is a greatly abbreviated form of Matins, but the Requiem contains all of the psalms, readings, and hymns normally found in the All-Night Vigil (which combines the Canonical Hours of Vespers, Matins and First Hour), providing a complete set of propers for the departed. The full requiem will last around three-and-a ...
In Sweden, the 1876 hymn to the same melody O, hur saligt att få vandra ("O, how blessed it is to walk") became one of the most popular songs of the widespread Swedish revivalist movement. A drinking song to the same melody, Jag har aldrig vart på snusen ("I've never been on snus "), partly mocking the religious message of the Swedish ...