Commontide
In sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ, we commend to Almighty God our brother N., and we commit his body to the ground [or the deep or its resting place]; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust. The Lord bless him and keep him, the Lord make his face to shine upon him and be gracious unto him, the Lord lift up his countenance upon him and give him peace. Amen.
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These graveside words have accompanied Anglican burials since Thomas Cranmer's 1549 Book of Common Prayer. The triadic formula "earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust" is Cranmer's own English elaboration of Genesis 3:19; the ancient Aaronic blessing from Numbers 6 closes the committal in its current form.