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Rituals in deathcare

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September 22, 2025
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As the amazing Dr Sarah Kerr of the Centre for sacred deathcare says, “when someone you love dies, it’s natural to focus on the funeral as the central moment. However, the time between a death and the funeral is just as important.

This part ofthe journey that often gets missed, but it’s the time that can deeply shape howyou experience both the funeral and your grief.

It’s tender,it’s powerful, and it can make all the difference.

The timebetween death and the funeral can be a time of really integrating, coming toterms with the fact that they are gone.

We don’twant them to be gone, we wish they weren’t gone, but, they are.”

The workthat we do ritually along that timeline is what allows at the funeral for us tofully say farewell, to send them along their journey, and to let them go.

With all ourlove and all our grief, we send them on their way.

Even if youdon’t hold a formal funeral, and organise a no-service cremation or burial, youcan still have your own rituals in between the time of death and the cremation.

You can thenhold a Memorial Service at a time that better suits family and friends so youcan all come together to say your farewells.

Ritual inour lives are very important. Rituals keep us grounded in the familiar and throughthat, provide comfort.

Whether it’sthe simple ritual of lighting a candle, or praying, or the ritual of a churchservice, or of holding a funeral or memorial service, all such practices bringus together and provide comfort.

If you havespiritual beliefs, it’s comforting to know that the soul of your person hascrossed over and that they know you are honouring them with your grief and therituals you engage in.

It’s never “toolate” to hold your rituals, your ceremonies, as they always make a positive difference.

We at Tree of Life Funerals are experienced in end of life work, ceremony and ritual, andwill guide and support you through the hugely difficult time of having someoneyou love die.

We can helpyou decide the best way for you to say goodbye.

Contact usfor all your end of life and funeral needs on 0493-276-554 or see:

www.treeoflifefunerals.com.au

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