Unit 2.3- The Funeral Rite

Question 1

What are the features

Answer 1

Vigil - body is laid out and there is time to pray
The funeral - with readings and the Eucharist
Burial - Rite of commital commendation

Question 2

What are the purposes/aims

Answer 2

Communion with the deceased —> praying for the souls in purgatory so that they go to heaven (efficacious prayer)
Communion of the community
Proclamation of eternal life