PThese authorized rites are intended to be a supplement to the burial services in the IBook of Common PrayerI adding a rich variety of material from many sources including prayers for one who has died in military service for one of unknown faith for an unbeliever and for a member of an interfaith family. All of the major pastoral issues of the IPrayer BookI rites are addressed from the reception of the body to the consecration of the grave and the interment but with a freshness of language in new texts that the speak to contemporary sensibilities.PPBCONTENTSBPPIntroduction with planning informationbr Two vigil rites before a funeralbr Rites for the reception of the bodybr Collects prayers and readings for the burial service including a celebration of the Eucharistbr Rites of committalbr Burial of one who does not profess the Christian faithbr Additional prayersbr Committal at a crematorybr A service of remembrancebr Suggested hymns and songsP