tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post4694705410812776440..comments2024-02-18T06:21:45.375-06:00Comments on ~<i>The Three Prayers</i>: Who We Were, Part II: DeparturesJanet Cupohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037555111680888247noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-6550939409522563742015-10-19T07:00:53.355-05:002015-10-19T07:00:53.355-05:00The above is a good example of why I should never ...The above is a good example of why I should never comment from my Kindle when I am in bed for the night.<br /><br />AMDGJanet Cupohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01037555111680888247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-61421641904928574192015-10-18T21:43:13.513-05:002015-10-18T21:43:13.513-05:00Many people in the.parish where I work have wakes ...Many people in the.parish where I work have wakes in the Church and when I come in in the morning, I am alone with the body. as Of course, there is the real tabernacle thiere, but I'm always glad to have a chance to pray there alone with the deceased. When it's a child, I know I'm with the relics of a saint. AMDGJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069018443486415173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-48347537628344175372015-10-18T21:13:52.313-05:002015-10-18T21:13:52.313-05:00I have never laid out a corpse, but both my mother...I have never laid out a corpse, but both my mother and my grandmother were waked at home. That is a small act of reclaiming the care of the dead from the professionals, but it made a huge difference. My mother's body stayed in the house all night between the wake and the funeral and it was akin to having a tabernacle in the living room. (Also, on a practical level, it is much easier to care for small children at home than in a funeral parlour.)Anne-Marienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-85203226845818422232015-10-15T16:19:51.330-05:002015-10-15T16:19:51.330-05:00Thanks, Paul. AMDGThanks, Paul. AMDGJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069018443486415173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-84780691992200145462015-10-15T14:48:03.236-05:002015-10-15T14:48:03.236-05:00Both these films seem to underline that there is a...Both these films seem to underline that there is a reason beyond public hygiene that burying the dead is one of the seven corporal works of mercy.<br /><br />As Spenser puts it of his personifications in <i>The Faerie Queen</i>:<br /><br />The sixt had charge of them now being dead,<br />In seemely sort their corses to engrave,<br />And deck with dainty flowres their bridall bed,<br />That to their heavenly spouse both sweet and brave<br />They might appeare, when he their soules shall save.<br />The wondrous workmanship of Gods owne mould,<br />Whose face he made all beasts to feare, and gave<br />All in his hand, even dead we honour should.<br />Ah dearest God me graunt, I dead be not defould.Paulnoreply@blogger.com