The kitchen was the center of my wife’s world. This great multitude is dressed in white robes. The Christian funeral sermon is a celebration of life. The two free funeral sermons available for download have been written with the above approach in mind (see funeral sermon outline above). Great funeral homilies Even though it may come after a long season of illness, even though there may be a sense of its closeness, death always catches us off guard, always comes as a surprise.