Christian funeral rites and their meanings Flashcards
What happens when a Christian person is close to death
A priest is called to say the last rights and prayers are said to the dying person and they can ask God for forgiveness from their sins
What may also be involved with the last rites in the Catholic practice
Might also involve the priest giving a holy communion
Why are the final rights and prayers done
Helps to ease the dying person into the afterlife enabling them to die in peace having asked for Gods forgiveness
What words of Jesus does the minister read
I am the resurrection and the life
What do the candles represent at a funeral
Jesus as the light of the world because he guides a path into heaven
What does the passage I am the Resurrection remind the congregation of
That those who believe in Jesus will be resurrected to spend eternity with God
Why may the “the Lord is my Shepherd be used at a funeral 
Even when in the valley of the shadow of death God is still by my side
What may Catholics hold at a funeral
A mass/communion service with bread and wine
What does this show
We are not forgotten my God he will comfort those who mourn and acompany those who have died
What words Are said after the person is buried
Ashes to ashes dust to dust
What do Christians teach about the bones of the dead
They must be left intact so that on the day of judgement they could reform rising to bodily resurrection with God in heaven
Why do some Christians believe it is okay to cremate
Leave the only the soul goes to heaven
