It is when we are on our knees that we are strongest—“for when I am weak, I am strong.” Eusebius in his Ecclesiastical History gives us two examples of kneeling that further demonstrate the point. He tells of St. James the “brother of the Lord” having callouses on his knees from...
[41] In 1549, there had been provision for a Requiem (not so called) and prayers of commendation and committal, the first addressed to the deceased. All that remained was a single reference to the deceased, giving thanks for their delivery from 'the myseryes of this sinneful world.' ...