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 Master Reding from Nigredo Monastery is non-denominational, serene, and open to all people – regardless of faith, background, or belief. In a moment when words often fail, Master Reding creates a space of stillness and dignity — a sacred hour in which farewell becomes an act of love, gratitude, and transformation.
Each ceremony is shaped with care and in harmony with the wishes of the bereaved. Whether held in a church, a farewell hall, a garden, or in the quiet of the forest – every service is unique, personal, and deeply human.
To say farewell does not mean to end — it means to honor the passage. The funeral service becomes a bridge between the seen and unseen, between what was and what continues to be. Through prayer, silence, and poetry, a gentle dialogue unfolds between life and death,
where grief softens into peace, and love remains as a quiet flame.
The words spoken by Master Reding are simple and true – born from a contemplative stillness that carries both compassion and clarity. In this way, the ceremony honors not only the departed soul, but also the living hearts that remain.
Prayer and Meditation during the Funeral Service
As all things die and fade away,
the final leaf of the linden tree
bends softly toward the earth
and finds its place of rest.
So too, our deeds and passions,
our love and our anger —
all must return
to the stillness of the soil.Pure white snow — fall gently,
cover both graves with peace,
that the soul may grow quietly
and rest in winter’s calm.
Soon will come that springtime turning,
when only love awakens life,
and hatred stretches out in vain
its hands from the grave.When snow falls on the windowpane,
and the evening bells are ringing,
many tables are already set,
many homes prepared for peace.
Yet some, still on their pilgrimage,
arrive at the gate on shadowed paths.
Golden blooms the tree of grace,
nourished by the earth’s deep breath.Wanderer, step gently in;
pain has turned this threshold to stone.
But on the table shines in light
the bread and wine of reconciliation.Look upon the world and learn to live,
O burdened heart.
It takes but one warm wind to rise,
and all things bloom again.
The hazel bursts, the willows shine,
snowdrops tremble in the thawing ice.
Winter, too, can blossom —
O soul, remember this.I slept a little sleep of peace —
it was like good, fresh bread.
It was like milk from a quiet harbor
offered by the hand of heaven.
And waking now, I thank the night
for guarding me in stillness.
The stars were kind, and I am whole again.
Farewell and Transformation
In the funeral service, letting go is not seen as loss but as a return — a coming home to the eternal source from which all things arise. The prayers and verses chosen by Master Reding guide mourners gently toward stillness, toward that sacred silence where the soul finds its rest.
Farewell thus becomes not a moment of darkness, but a threshold of light — a transformation from mortality into eternity, from sorrow into gratitude, from absence into remembrance.
Death is no longer the end,
but the teacher of life itself.
Blessing
Peace be upon your final journey – rest in eternal light.
For those who walk in love shall never leave its radiance.