Funerals Have Much in Common with Baptisms | #1548
All Souls Day • The dead are not so very far away. They have a message for you:
"What you are, I once was.
What I am, you will be."
I want to start my homily by talking about funerals. Funerals and Baptisms have more in common than you might realize. We greet the body at the door, we sprinkle the casket with Holy Water, and we unfold a white pall over the casket. Jesus receives all of our concerns and burdens, and covers us in his own holiness. Finally, we are given a lit candle, the Light of Faith, to light our way to heaven.
Our Baptism starts us on our journey to God's kingdom. We then…
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