Funeral prayer
The funeral prayer is a traditional form of prayer for the dead. It is known in its own forms in Judaism , Christianity , Islam and the Baha'i .
Judaism
In the Jewish faith, Kaddish is the central prayer for the dead. The prayer is essentially a glorification of God. Although associations with death and grief have evolved over time, these terms do not appear in prayer themselves. Another important prayer in memory of the dead is El male rachamim (“God full of mercy”). There are different versions of this, including one in memory of the victims of the Shoah .
Christianity
Roman Catholic Church
The funeral prayer of the Roman Catholic Church is intended to recommend the deceased to God . The funeral prayer goes back to early Christianity . Traditionally, penance psalms are prayed , the most important and best known of which is Psalm 130 , the De profundis. The litany for the deceased is also of great importance.
In the 20th century, people came together on the three evenings before the funeral in the house of the deceased and kneeled in the company of family, relatives and neighbors, and usually prayed the rosary (death rosary ). With the transfer of the corpse to the cemetery chapel, the funeral prayer is now often through prayer leader or in the communities service officer one designed devotional talk to the faithful in the Church.
The most common funeral prayer of the Catholic Church is:
V: O Lord, give him (her) and all who have died eternal rest.
A: And let the eternal light shine on them.
V: Let her rest in peace.
A: Amen.
It is often preceded by an Our Father and an Ave Maria . It also serves as the end of most other funeral prayers and can take the place of the Gloria Patri in the rosary for the dead . It also occurs in the final part of the funeral ceremony.
The Archdiocese of Bamberg publishes a booklet with prayers for the dead.
A vespers for the dead , the liturgical evening prayer with occasional texts, can be prayed or sung in the time of mourning between death and burial, on the evening of the day of the funeral, 30 days after the funeral or at the memorial of the year . In the case of priests, bishops and religious, it is usually part of the funeral services. The Praise of God offers a template for this (GL 655 to 658).
Islam
According to the hadith , the prayer for the dead is described in detail for Islamic religious mourning.
Bahai
The Baha'i holiest book , the Kitab-i-Aqdas , gives instructions for the burial ceremony. The funeral prayer must be recited before the burial (Art. 150). It is usually sung - either in the original Arabic or in a translation of the respective national language. It is the only compulsory prayer of the Baha'i that is not a purely individual prayer, but is prayed in community. It consists of a short introductory prayer in which God is asked to accept the soul of the deceased and to welcome it in the hereafter , as well as six additional verses, each repeated nineteen times, and representing a common prayer of the entire mourning congregation for the common To remember relationship with God and to facilitate a peaceful farewell. There are also other Baha'i prayers for the deceased, but these are not compulsory prayers.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ “Jewish Life: Death and Mourning” , Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation-Palatinate, viewed on November 2, 2008
- ^ "Totengebet (Texts Totengebet)" , Archdiocese of Bamberg, viewed on November 2, 2008
- ↑ Liber Usualis 1954, p. 1772.
- ↑ Heribert Blum: Gottes Dienst an uns: An introduction to the liturgy , Kohlhammer Verlag 2017, p. 191, chap. 7 "The Vespers for the Dead and the Prayer for the Dead"
- ↑ "Are women allowed to pray the funeral prayer and to attend a funeral?" , DMK, viewed on November 2, 2008
literature
- Funeral prayer. Models and aids for commemorating the dead in the community. , Edited by the Liturgical Institutes of Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland, 2005, 112 pages