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| 161 | Christian Burial --- (1) The ceremonies for burial include services in the church. They vary from the very elaborate to the simplest. Holy water and lighted tapers express our desire to see the departed cleansed and admitted into the kingdom of light. Incense symbolizes our wish to have prayers ascend to God. (2) The body of the departed Catholic is borne in procession to the cemetery. At a funeral it is wrong to laugh or converse; we should pray for the repose of the departed. The small card announces the best offering one can make to a bereaved family: Holy Masses for the soul departed. | |
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