Funeral Service – How now everything dies and ends and the last linden leaf turns wearily to the earth in its warm resting place!

The funeral service with Zen monk Father Reding from the Honora Zen monastery is non-denominational and neutral. Abbot Reding creates with you the dignified farewell of a loved one who has passed away.

Prayer and Meditation

How now everything dies and ends and the last linden leaf turns wearily to the earth in its warm resting place. So also our actions and omissions, what excites us unbridled, our love, our hate be put to the withered leaves. Pure white snow, oh snow, cover both graves so that our souls may thrive quietly and coolly in winter's rest! Soon the springtime will come, which alone awakens love, where hate stretches its hands threateningly out of the grave in vain.

When the snow falls on the window, the evening bell rings for a long time, the table is prepared for many and the house is well ordered. Many a traveler comes to the gate on dark paths. The tree of grace blossoms golden out of the cool sap of the earth. Wanderer enters silently, pain petrified the threshold. Bread and wine shine in pure light on the table. Look at the world and learn to live, oppresses mind. Just needs a thaw to lift and everything blooms. The hazel bristle, silken glass shines on the willow tree, snowdrops bask in half the ice and silk blast.

Funeral Service

Needs only a thaw to lift. Despondent spirit, look into the world and learn to live: winter is blooming! Got a bite of sleep, it was like good bread. It was like milk from the mild harbor that heaven offered me. Now I am fully recovered and ready for the day. Many thanks to the night, it has been quiet in her starry hag. The poor children of earth are fed up with haste and toil, but the fountain is full enough. The darkness stands high with mercy sheaves like a beautiful jug. All the best on your final journey and rest in peace!