Funeral, Memorial Services, Wedding Officiant, Los Angeles Wedding Minister, Wedding Ceremonies, Celebrations, & Bereavement In Los Angeles by Rev. Peter Otto

Funeral, Memorial Services:

A funeral or a memorial is a celebration of a life passed. It is a celebration of all the love, life, and joy given to us, a declaration of our thanks and gratitude. It is our way of saying ‘goodbye’ to the intimacy of physical form.

We hold a funeral/memorial when someone close to us dies. We hold this rite of passage to say a fond farewell to our relative, our friend, in their physical form, to commemorate and celebrate their life. To acknowledge the way they touched us, in body, mind and spirit.

As we say our goodbyes we experience the natural loss of their closeness, touch, laughter and presence.

We acknowledge our feelings, allowing sadness and grief to arise as a natural response to our loss.

We also allow love and heartfelt wonder to come

as a natural response to having lived closely with our friend.

We acknowledge the gifts we have received from our friend,

who lives on in our hearts, for us to feel, with every breath that we take..