" For those who believe in you, Lord, life is not destroyed, it is transformed "(Preface of the dead )
past few weeks, the Diocese of Montreal (in collaboration with the Cemetery "Resting St. Francis of Assisi ) has developed a fact sheet about the celebration of the funeral. In delivering the leaflet Parish (Our Life newspaper Community are involved) I let one slip to each of 12,500 doors that make up our pastoral unit. Since last September, I made each of these residences. Since February, I will be restarted a second tour. If I decided to do home delivery, it is my experience that many people of our parishes have not registered a funeral in the Church in their wills. However, it seems to me that this leaflet may help us better understand the reasons that would cause us to want to live in the Church. Why? Let me give you the contents:
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Church is a large family on the death of one of its members, it is to pray for him and to support and assist people affected by bereavement.
Christian faith affirms that death is not the end of everything. The celebration of the funeral celebrates the resurrection of Christ is a passage from death to life. She just say to all the baptized to his suite, they are called to live a new life in God. This inspires hope the prayers surrounding the death of a loved one.
The usual place for the celebration of the church where the funeral is traditionally congregate believers and believers. At his baptism, the deceased was welcomed.
Celebrating the experience of church ...
* To accommodate family members, relatives, friends (es), and members of the community and share all the hope in the resurrection;
* To pray for the deceased and his family;
* To hear the Word of God and may celebrate the Eucharist (Mass);
* To give thanks for the life given to what the deceased was, for all that was beautiful and lived good with it.
A celebration at the church lives ...
* For the reception of the Christian community;
* Through the proclamation of the Word of God;
* For the celebration of the Eucharist or a Liturgy of the Word (At church, with the funeral Eucharist are presided by a priest. The funeral at the church without the celebration of Mass may be chaired by deacons or lay people appointed by the bishop).
A celebration at the funeral home includes ...
* The rite of reception;
* The proclamation of the Word of God;
* Prayers of praise, thanksgiving and demand;
* rites of farewell.
(There is no Mass celebrated at the funeral home. This celebration may be presided over by priests, deacons or lay people appointed by their parish.)
Celebration in the presence of the body or ashes?
"As the tomb was nearby, and there they laid Jesus" (Jn 19.42)
In remembrance of Jesus who was put in tomb, the Church recommends that preserved the custom of burying the body of the deceased.
The preferred form in the Church is the celebration of funerals at the church in the presence of the body. It is also possible to hold the funeral in the presence of ash.
Disposal of the corpse and ash
"What could be the place of my rest?" (Is 66.1)
At each stage of his life of faith, the believer is allowed in a particular place. In the baptistery at the beginning of his Christian life in the church Throughout his life, in the cemetery at the end of his earthly life. For the Church, the place for the burial of the body or ashes to the cemetery is. The remains may be deposited in a mausoleum and the ashes in a columbarium.
Because of respect paid to the body, the practice of keeping the ashes of the deceased at home, putting them in the home garden, to disperse into the fields, woods or from the air or immerse, be avoided.
Services on the occasion of a death:
* At church: meet people bereaved preparation of the celebration, bereavement, funerals or Eucharist with Liturgy of the Word, Mass Memorial. *
Funeral Home: Prayers with relatives, the farewell celebration.
* At the cemetery, mausoleum or colombarim: a final prayer.
At death, please communicate it with your first parish to organize the celebration.
Have you thought to include in your will, your desire to have a funeral in the Church?
Many people who have lived in the Christian faith and have no funeral. Tell your friends!
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