tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post9151564949655033556..comments2023-09-21T08:53:42.554+01:00Comments on blethers: Mortal thoughtsChristine McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-27129399407542521032011-12-16T18:24:33.598+00:002011-12-16T18:24:33.598+00:00I've been telling people for years that I'...I've been telling people for years that I'll haunt them if they don't include "Behold the mountain of the Lord" (tune: Glasgow) and "By cool Siloam's shady rill" (tune: Belmont) at my pompes funèbres.<br />They are not at all usual for obsequies, but I don't care. If the deceased cannot choose hymns, who can? They remind me of childhood enthusiasm. If I could persuade the mourners to join in with "Yield not to temptation" and "I will make you fishers of men" (would that have to become "...of people" in this sensitive age?) it would remind me of the Friday nights in winter when we used to shelter in the warmth of the Band of Hope, watching flannelgraphs & lantern slides, being inoculated against the perils of the demon drink - alas, in vain. Ah! Happy days!abfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-17789523199485300842011-12-16T17:53:15.120+00:002011-12-16T17:53:15.120+00:00Do me best to stick around for a bit, chaps - than...Do me best to stick around for a bit, chaps - thanks for the encouragement!Christine McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-24136325098979550572011-12-16T16:51:41.147+00:002011-12-16T16:51:41.147+00:00I think it's really a good idea to think about...I think it's really a good idea to think about this if you can. I too know what I want and don't want -- but I have not written it down -- and I must. Now having said that, best wishes to you for a long and healthy life!The Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976467218216864644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-89091191857636447632011-12-14T22:01:11.665+00:002011-12-14T22:01:11.665+00:00Well worth getting your wishes down in writing lon...Well worth getting your wishes down in writing long before they are needed, Christine. In my years of active ministry I was always pleased to be told that "I took a good funeral" and I spent a lot of time with each family in planning the service (around the liturgy of course). <br /><br />Sadly it was only for a small minority of funerals that I had any idea of what the deceased had wanted. It seems most people can't bear the idea of planning a funeral before death.Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-34888738492171496332011-12-14T20:50:49.242+00:002011-12-14T20:50:49.242+00:00Had to post again cos the word verification was &q...Had to post again cos the word verification was "chris"!!!!!!!Fr Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09825687159958396082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-67066718473396656252011-12-14T20:49:53.596+00:002011-12-14T20:49:53.596+00:00They wheel me in or out and I'll come back to ...They wheel me in or out and I'll come back to haunt them. Every last one of them!Fr Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09825687159958396082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-76356184914805783342011-12-14T20:47:42.427+00:002011-12-14T20:47:42.427+00:00Well ..... Mr B, Neil and Euan aside ... I'd b...Well ..... Mr B, Neil and Euan aside ... I'd be honoured to ensure you get your preferred send off ... But not until you've met and made an impact on my grandchildren! <br /><br />Xugliebettiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16839586059797941857noreply@blogger.com