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“Most things come to an end in this life. Almost everything. But not love,” said Tveit. “Life and love are the greatest gifts God has given us. And the greatest of these is love, stronger even than death itself.”
Tveit noted that the love between the people and King Harald has not come to an end.
“Quite the contrary. The sea of flowers, with all the words and drawings placed among them, speaks with a strong and clear voice of what fills our hearts to overflowing. Love has become tears of grief,” Tveit said. “We also know that love can appear to have its limits.”
Death separates us from one another, Tveit lamented. “Such is our human condition,” he said. “Nor do we always succeed in loving our neighbour as ourselves, even though we try and sincerely desire to do so.”
We see even many signs in our world that love does not always prevail, reflected Tveit. “Yet love does not end,” he said. “It remains before us as a calling, as a vision, as an ideal towards which we may all stretch ourselves.”
King Harald, who died on 28 August at age 89, was Europe’s oldest monarch and had reigned for 35 years. Ahead of the funeral, more than 46,000 people visited Harald’s coffin as it laid in state in the chapel of the royal palace.
