[Desdemona]

I agree that funerals are for the living, but without knowing the family details, I would hesitate to draw conclusions.

Technically, in the Catholic Church, the prayers offered at a Funeral Mass or a Requiem Mass are for the dead - that their time being purified be lessened.

[XEHRpa]

> Technically, in the Catholic Church, the prayers offered at a Funeral Mass or a Requiem Mass are for the dead - that their time being purified be lessened.

Good point. My bad.