Momento Mori
This post was born out of a comment I was originally going to make on @cool_catholic 's reel regarding the purpose and meaning of the Mass. Using the funeral example, sadly I think we see the most secular incursions on the Holy Mass happening at funerals. There's not enough emphasis put on the fact that at a funeral Mass we are praying for the repose of the departed's soul. We're not "celebrating life," and we don't "know X is among the angels." Consciously of subconsciously there is a tendency to make the funerals about and for the grieving, not the deceased. I blame most of this on bad catechesis and a poor grasping of theology by the laity, and its not their fault. But there's also little Christian charity exercised by those who do know and understand with those who don't. I'll admit, I'm guilty of it too, but I strive to be better. I recall a story of a priest who, having the option of purple or white for funeral Masses...