These authorized rites are intended to be a supplement to the burial services in the Book of Common Prayer, adding a rich variety of material from many sources, including prayers for one who has died in military service, for one of unknown faith, for an unbeliever, and for a member of an inter-faith family. All of the major pastoral issues of the Prayer Book rites are addressed from the reception of the body to the consecration of the grave and the interment but with a freshness of language in new texts that the speak to contemporary sensibilities.CONTENTSIntroduction with planning informationTwo vigil rites before a funeralRites for the reception of the bodyCollects, prayers and readings for the burial service, including a celebration of the EucharistRites of committalBurial of one who does not profess the Christian faithAdditional prayersCommittal at a crematoryA service of remembranceSuggested hymns and songs
