the catholic funeral rite

Question 1

how do Catholics believe their duty to bury the dead is with?

Answer 1

respect and according to the rites of the Catholic Church.

Question 2

what does the burial duty reflect?

Answer 2

the care taken by Jesus’ followers to give him a proper burial following his crucifixion.

Question 3

quote from Jesus’ crucifixion

Answer 3

‘The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes.’ [Luke 24: 55 - 56 NIV]

Question 4

who are burials usually conducted by?

Answer 4

a priest or deacon and are attended by family and friends.

Question 5

what does the priest usually wear to a funeral and why?

Answer 5

dark (black or purple) vestments to represent sadness, but they sometimes wear white as a sign of faith in the resurrection.

Question 6

where are Catholics buried, traditionally?

Answer 6

dead Catholics would be buried in consecrated ground .

Question 7

these days, whats also allowed to happen to catholics when they die in most dioceses?

Answer 7

they are allowed to be cremated in most dioceses

Question 8

the catholic funeral rite itself ISNT a sacrament but what it an important part of?

Answer 8

Catholic liturgy, expressing many parts of Christian faith.

Question 9

even though its a time of sadness for the deceased person’s family, the funeral rite is an expression of?

Answer 9

faith in the resurrection of the dead.

Question 10

what do Catholics believe that those who have died await?

Answer 10

the resurrection and the day of judgement.

Question 11

what is it a source of if a catholic also looks forward to being reunited in heaven with their loved one.

Answer 11

consolation

Question 12

before burial or cremation what happens in the church?

Answer 12

there’s a service in the church, of prayers and sometimes a special Mass called a Requiem Mass

Question 13

‘requiem’ meaning->

Answer 13

is latin for ‘peace’

Question 14

what the short service of prayers called when a deceased person is sometimes brought to the church the night before the funeral?

Answer 14

a vigil

Question 15

if there is to be a Mass, what do the special funeral prayers become part of? what do they ask for?

Answer 15

the prayers of the Mass. they ask for the deceased to be welcomed into heaven, and for consolation for family and friends.

Question 16

whats beside the coffin that was first lit at Easter and symbolises the risen Christ.

Answer 16

the paschal candle

Question 17

what does the priest usually give that emphasises the Christian faith in the resurrection of the dead?

Answer 17

a homily

Question 18

whats the coffin blessed with and what’s incense usually used over it as ?

Answer 18

the coffin’s blessed with holy water as a sign of baptism, and often incense is used as a mark of respect.

Question 19

what are the final prayers in the church?

Answer 19

prayers of committal, as the coffin is then taken either to the cemetery or the crematorium where final prayers are said.