What are the traditional words spoken for a burial at sea?
It depends upon the person’s “religious” background. Below is the traditional: We therefore commit the earthly remains of [Full Name] to the deep, looking for the general Resurrection in the last day, and the life of the world to come, through our Lord Jesus Christ; at whose second coming in glorious majesty to judge the world, the sea shall give up her dead; and the corruptible bodies of those who sleep in him shall be changed, and made like unto his glorious body; according to the mighty working whereby he is able to subdue all things unto himself. Amen The link below gives examples of other choices depending upon your background: http://www.tothedeep.com/ceremony.
