Words of comfort

[chongalolo]

Does anyone know where I can find a copy of some words (which I think were written by a Catholic priest) to comfort the bereaved.  All I know is that it says that the person who has died has passed into the next room and is not far away... I know this is vague but I'd be grateful for any help with this one.

[Mrs_Pegasus]

Is it this one

Death is nothing at all
I have only slipped away into the next room
I am I and you are you
whatever we were to each other
that we still are
call me by my old familiar name
speak to me in the easy way
which you always used
put no difference in your tone
wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow
laugh as we always laughed
at the little jokes we enjoyed together
pray smile, think of me, pray for me
Let my name be ever the household word
that it always was
Let it be spoken without effort
without the trace of a shadow in it
Life means all that it ever meant
it is the same as it ever was
there is unbroken continuity
why should I be out of mind
because I am out of sight?
I am waiting for you
somewhere very near
just around the corner
All is well

Henry Scott Holland
(1847-1918) Canon of St Paul's Cathedral

[chongalolo]

Yep Mrs P - that's it!  Thank you so much.