tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post6549749506940074308..comments2023-12-25T23:40:17.701-05:00Comments on Confessions of a Carioca: A Shamanic MomentDaniel Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980949721733826978noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post-4530585013050471122009-10-19T16:46:46.619-04:002009-10-19T16:46:46.619-04:00As I recall isn't leading the corpse from the ...As I recall isn't leading the corpse from the church gate into the church or to the grave side, whilst saying the sentences, precisely the historic Anglican tradition.<br /><br />In England the coffin is still commonly shouldered (carried) by mourners into the church, led by the priest and followed by the family.<br /><br />Quote from 1662 BCP Order for the Burial of the Dead, "The Priest and Clerks meeting the Corpse at the entrance of the Church-yard, and going before it, either into the Church, or towards the Grave, shall say, or sing,"I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord..."<br /><br />What has astonished me since moving to the USA is how frequently I take funerals in which there is no corpse present and how rare, in my part of the USA, burial is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post-77399297248206928442009-10-17T11:27:50.173-04:002009-10-17T11:27:50.173-04:00Father Dan, like you I have always accompanied the...Father Dan, like you I have always accompanied the body to the hearse following the liturgy. At the cemetery I also accompany the body from the hearse to the grave. I am not sure where I learned this but it just seems the right thing to do. We are accompanying one on the final steps - the completion - of their baptismal journey in this world. Thank you for an insightful and affirming post. Peace, MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post-58073919533732793592009-10-15T01:31:22.900-04:002009-10-15T01:31:22.900-04:00The Pop Culture Princess has some reflections on f...The Pop Culture Princess has some reflections on funeral ritual here: http://peregrinationsofapopcultureprincess.blogspot.com/2009/10/give-me-that-old-time-funeral.html<br /><br />Our funeral rituals operate at a number of levels: honouring the deceased, comforting the bereaved, proclaiming the resurrection and cetera. I agree that our liturgy effectively balances those various needs which exist at a deeper level than the merely religious.<br /><br />It is also interesting to me that so many non-religious people (fpor lack of a better term) seem to get it when I speak with them after funerals. It is as though they had the liturgy written on their hearts.Malcolm+https://www.blogger.com/profile/08469936715413110334noreply@blogger.com