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Thanks for all the responses! During the past three weeks, I've helped plan and implement two Omega Funeral Rites for departed brothers, one which was done at a funeral home and the other at the church. And as Asst. Chaplain of my chapter, I've helped plan the the annual memorial services (informal and formal) which must be done in March, when our Memorial Day falls. These are meant to be public exercises, possibly including eulogies and a sermon/homily, readings, in addition to the ceremony proper. We usually have a repast afterward.
Back in the early '90s I met up with one of my LBs in LA, when I was going to seminary there. he told me that a few years earlier he attended the annual Memorial Service for one of the LA graduate chapters. he told me that the strangest feeling came over him there. Very soon after that he found out that one of our LBs had died in very tragic manner. That brought home to me anew the true nature of the bonds we share as brothers.
"Omega calls her Sons of Light, her newborn blazing glory; her older heroes honor dight and her immortals hoary to meet and greet and drive all gloom away..."--first stanza of 'Omega Calls Her Sons of Light' by the Rev. Dr. Herman Dreer.
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