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Eulogies are not to be done at Catholic Funeral Masses.

But there is room for the priest to deliver a homily expressing his thoughts on the occasion.

Nor does the Funeral Mass belong to the parents.

The problem in this case may be that the priest thought the event belonged to himself.

[Mrs. Don-o]

The problem might be that people have never before heard a traditional Christian funeral sermon dealing with sin, death, repentance and our need for a Savior, instead of participation trophies for the deceased.

Besides, we don't even have a record of what the priest actually said, It could well have been a 2-minute warning against self-slaying, tucked into a 15-minute homily on the infinite tenderness of Divine Mercy.