This is an excellent summary of why we do not have eulogies in Catholic funerals. The speaker is Fr. Bill Burke, Director of the National Liturgy Office of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
This is an interesting twist on eulogies. I agree that funerals should be a liturgy about a new life in eternity. But shouldn’t those present who may not be part of the post funeral “celebration of life” have the opportunity to pay respects to the human life of the deceased? Recent funerals I have attended, combine both.
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Carol Anderson
This is an interesting twist on eulogies. I agree that funerals should be a liturgy about a new life in eternity. But shouldn’t those present who may not be part of the post funeral “celebration of life” have the opportunity to pay respects to the human life of the deceased? Recent funerals I have attended, combine both.