Banning Eulogies

[KillerMuffin]

So the Catholic Archbishop was trying to take some heat from the Pedophile Scandal by coming up the Eulogy Scandal.

In the New Jersy Archdiocese, you may not eulogize at your loved one's funeral anymore. Why? You're in the way.

No, really.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2097524

NEWARK, N.J. (Reuters) - A U.S. archbishop has banned eulogies during funeral masses, saying the personal tributes were getting out of hand.
In a decree to local priests Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark, New Jersey, said last week there was growing abuse of eulogies by friends and family members and the tributes should be delivered before or after the mass or at graveside or the funeral home.

A spokesman for the archdiocese, which includes about 1.5 million Catholics, told Reuters the tributes were a distraction from the scriptural message of the mass and that eulogies traditionally had not been part of Catholic funeral rites.

"The number and the length of eulogies that had been happening in the church had been getting out of hand," archdiocese spokesman Jim Goodness said, adding that some funeral tributes went on for an hour or even longer.

The priest celebrating the funeral mass could still talk about the deceased in his homily, Goodness said.

Whattya think? Smart priest or guy who's gonna get slapped and hard?

 

[Guest]

Paedophile.

 

[phrodeau]

It's their show, their venue, they can say what goes on.

I think a funeral mass is optional for Catholics. If you want a service that includes eulogies, do it apart from the mass.

Almost every undertaker will offer access to a chapel where you can have a private ceremony of your own. Most priests would be glad to officiate there as well.

 

[Temptress_1960]

So they want to have funerals with no eulogy, just whatever the priest happens to mention in his homily?

Not the way I'd have it done, but if it works for the Catholics, whatever.

 

[Calamity Jane]

Whattya think? Smart priest or guy who's gonna get slapped and hard?

I think if I'm lying dead in a box in a church and my family wants to talk for 6 hours about what a loss society has suffered, they should be allowed to do so.

 

[Temptress_1960]

Re: Re: Banning Eulogies

I think if I'm lying dead in a box in a church and my family wants to talk for 6 hours about what a loss society has suffered, they should be allowed to do so.

I hope you aren't Catholic, then.