At a recent funeral I came across this wonderful, evocative poem especially appropriate for a Catholic funeral Mass. This was the first time I'd heard this and it struck me as a wonderful celebration of how ordinary things brings us closer together.

This is a new favourite of ours, a great funeral poem set to wonderful music. We knew of the poem, but the musical setting only came to our notice last year.

​We are often asked to sing songs in a service that are special to the family, and we in turn enjoy sharing readings and poems chosen by the family to celebrate a loved one's life.

Almost every funeral we attend includes spoken poetry as well as music. As an English graduate, our mezzosoprano funeral singer Kirsty is particularly delighted to hear it.