Memorial Service/Ceremony/Funeral Selections
Memorial Service/Ceremony/Funeral Selections: A
Collection of Christian Prayers, Eulogies, and
Meditations
Death of Active Duty Soldier
INVOCATION
God and Father of us all. We are gathered here this
afternoon to pay tribute to one of our own, SSG John Doe. Be
with us this day giving strength, comfort, and mercy to all of us
who grieve. Guide the words we say and may you be glorified. In
your Holy Name. Amen.
MESSAGE
We must express our grief. Too often people express it
inappropriately by trying to drown their sorrow. Crying,
weeping, is a very appropriate response to grief regardless of
what our society says about men not needing to cry.
Depression and loneliness are a part of grief. With
depression comes doubt--doubt in our God or that there is even a
God. Depression is not unique to any one person. All of us
experience it, and the closer we were to the one who has died,
the deeper it is. But depression will pass. The clouds will
roll back and the sun will shine.
If we don’t deal with our grief appropriately, we can become
physically ill knowing why. We often feel guilty about the loss.
We ask, “What could I have done to prevent this death?”, and turn
the thoughts over and over in our minds until it becomes an
obsession. If we don’t deal with this problem it can dominate
our life.
What many of us are feeling this afternoon is resentment and
anger. Resentment that our fellow soldier was killed. Anger in
that we don’t know why or who committed the crime. Our anger and
resentment can cause us to be overly suspicious of even the most
innocent statement or person.
This afternoon, we have gathered in memory of our fallen
comrade, our fellow soldier SSG John Dow. A soldier of the
highest caliber, a strong family man, a super trooper according
to his 1SG. Others of the company commented that he was a nice
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