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I'm sorry to hear about the funerals in your family Libertina. It does make for a sad Christmas. Of course, the funeral today was someone I had been ministering to and I preached the funeral and committed the body to the earth and his soul to God. For some reason I don't mind doing funerals unless the person was mean and unrepentant. I hate weddings.

For some reason I don't mind doing funerals unless the person was mean and unrepentant.

You are just TOO KIND. If I were in your shoes, it would be the old meanies I'd enjoy sending off.

By the way,,, I 'got' to bury someone once. It was the funeral of a neighbor. Our priest was hospitalized, and we had a very frail, retired priest in to do the funeral Mass. I was the lector for the Mass. When we got to the cemetary, it was freezing cold and the wind was blowing like crazy. The old gentleman tried his best to conduct the final rites, but he was trembling and shaking so badly from the cold he couldn't hold the misal. He finally motioned to me to join him,, then whispered, "you're gonna have to finish this for me".

There really wasn't much to it,,, I just followed along in the book in the Rite of Christian Burial section.

Well, the people who passed away were all friends of my parents. Sometimes a bit upsetting to them because they are the same age... Take care now LadyX, with your insulin and medications, glad you're here. Night Mama_Bear and see you tomorow. Sweet dreams, all. :)