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1979: A speech on U.S. energy policy by President Jimmy Carter speaks of a "crisis of confidence" among the country's public, and comes to be known as the "malaise" speech, despite Carter not using that word in the address. 1983: Evil Empire, a phrase used in speeches by U.S. President Ronald Reagan to refer to the Soviet Union.
Gaudet Mater Ecclesia (Latin for "Mother Church Rejoices") is the title of Pope John XXIII's opening speech of the Second Vatican Council.Pope John "solemnly inaugurated" the council with this speech on October 11, 1962.
A recessional hymn or closing hymn is a hymn placed at the end of a church service to close it. It is used commonly in the Catholic Church , the Seventh-day Adventist Church , and Anglican Church , an equivalent to the concluding voluntary , which is called a Recessional Voluntary, for example a Wedding Recessional.
George W. Bush delivers the eulogy at Ronald Reagan's state funeral, June 2004. A eulogy (from εὐλογία, eulogia, Classical Greek, eu for "well" or "true", logia for "words" or "text", together for "praise") is a speech or writing in praise of a person, especially one who recently died or retired, or as a term of endearment.
A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances. [1] Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember and respect the dead, from interment, to various monuments, prayers, and rituals undertaken in their honour.
A sentence, particularly in Anglican services, is a short passage from the Bible that is recited in Christian liturgies.For example, with the Church of England's currently authorized 1662 Book of Common Prayer, sentences are used at several points within different rites: prescribed sentences are to be recited before Morning and Evening Prayers, at least one sentence may be said or sung during ...
The Rev. Al Sharpton and family members of an Ohio man who died in police custody told mourners at his funeral on Wednesday that they and the community must fight to see that he gets justice.
Before reading his speech, Mrs. King declared, "I am proud tonight to say a word in behalf of your mentor, and the person who symbolizes the ideas of this organization, Margaret Sanger. Because of her dedication, her deep convictions, and for her suffering for what she believed in, I would like to say that I am proud to be a woman tonight." [96]