Chalice Lighting: “Chalice lighting, for a memorial service”
Also appropriate as Funerals / Memorials
Birth is a miracle of love and courage,
bringing light into the world;
Death is a loss of light,
but no less an act of courage,
For we are born from—
and return to—
mystery.
Source: © Lori Gorgas Hlaban, 2009
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Last updated on Tuesday, February 19, 2013.
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