Beginning with The Real End in Mind, part 5 of 5.

Families planning funerals are changing. It’s been my honor to be involved with some in this process. Here’s a song a family requested, and the lyrics I used in my homily that day —

Now hear the sailors cry
Smell the sea and feel the sky
Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic
Too late to stop now
Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic

— “Into the Mystic” — Van Morrison