Independent Speaker for -Funerals – Funeral Officiant and Eulogy Speaker – Of Farewell and Silence
In moments of farewell, we seek words that carry — words that go beyond comfort and touch the meaning of life itself. Master Reding, Abbot of the Nigredo Monastery, accompanies families in these silent hours as a free funeral officiant and eulogy speaker. His ceremonies unite spirituality and humanity, silence and faith, reflection and love. They are not bound by form or denomination, but guided by the essence of life and the mystery of transformation.
Each ceremony is individually shaped — whether held in a chapel, by the lake, in the forest, or at the cemetery. Through prayer, meditation, and symbolic language, a sacred space emerges: a space where pain turns into peace, and what has passed finds a new meaning.
Prayer and Meditation – Time Unbecomes
The Symbolism of Night and the Bird
Night is the image of the threshold — it stands for the unknown that both frightens and calls us. In darkness, we wrestle with what has been — with guilt, longing, and loss. And yet, there is always the bird that sings at dawn. It announces awakening, the transition from shadow to light. Thus, death is not an end, but an awakening into another, quieter reality.
Prayer and Meditation
Night hour passing,
while I ponder and turn my thoughts.
The night is ending —
outside, a bird says: it is day.
So begins the night of contemplation — the hour when the heart remains awake while the world sleeps. We turn the past within us, seeking meaning, direction, and peace, while life continues beyond the window. The bird calls out the morning, and we sense: even this winter will end.
As night yields to day, so life yields to stillness. Death is not the end, but the silence in which God responds. Time passes — and yet, within its passing, eternity reveals itself.
Time Unbecomes
Time unbecomes for you and me —
how long shall we remain?
Everything fades — youth, strength, and the light of day. Yet in transience lies comfort:
that which dies is not lost, it transforms — like a wave returning to the sea, like breath dissolving into wind.
Do as you will, my wave —
carry me slowly, carry me swiftly —
but carry me.
We are part of this movement — carried, guided, held. Once the storm rises, once the sea calls, all that was flows back into the great source from which all life was born.
Suffering and Parting
Suffering and parting, fading and going,
letting and losing, sinking, blowing —
never resting, never still,
we drift, we hurry, darknessward still.
Life is a path that leads us through darkness. Yet even in passing, light remains — the light we call love, stronger than pain, greater than time. The journey does not end in nothingness, but in the quiet rediscovery of what is eternal.
Blessing and Reflection
Peace upon your final journey, and rest in stillness.
May those left behind live and die with love and dignity, honoring the departed not with sorrow, but by giving space to goodness — in our deeds, our thoughts, and in every silent breath of life.
For we honor the departed
by striving for the good —
until our own time unbecomes,
and the bird says: it is day.
Contact and Guidance
If you seek a personal, free funeral ceremony designed with dignity, serenity, and care, Master Reding will accompany you on this path. Together, the service is shaped in peace and trust — so that the farewell may reflect the life that was lived.
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Reach out at any time to arrange a personal conversation. Together, we create a ceremony of remembrance, peace, and love.