GRAND DISPLAY IS OF NO VALUE
TO THE HOLY SOULS
TO THE HOLY SOULS
In regard to pompous displays for the departed, St. Augustine says:
"Costly funerals and expensive displays may afford the
living some consolation, but are of no benefit to the departed." He adds,
however: "Let care be bestowed upon funerals and the erection of
monuments: for Holy Writ reckons these among good works. Let all perform these
last services for their departed, and hereby relieve their own sorrow; but let
them show greater zeal, care, and generosity in succoring the souls of the
departed, by Masses, prayers and alms, and thus give evidence not only of a temporal, but also a spiritual love
for those who are departed in body only, but not in spirit. According
to a rule of the Church, flowers should be used at funerals of children only;
circumstances may at times justify a deviation from this rule, but, at all
events, it is unpardonable if the expense connected with this display deprives
the soul departed of any spiritual assistance.
We
beseech Thee, O Lord, by Thy infinite mercy, do not despise our prayers
in behalf of the souls in Purgatory, but grant them the peace and consolation we
desire for them. Through Christ Our Lord. Amen.
Pray for the souls of those who were remembered by a pompous funeral only, and have no relief in their pain.
Eternal Rest (3x)
Lord grant them eternal rest, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.
Invocation
My Jesus, mercy!
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