funeral mass
Church death service
A funeral mass is a Catholic liturgical service held for a deceased person, typically before burial or cremation.
The mass includes prayers, scripture readings, communion, and rituals commending the soul to God.
Distinguished from a memorial mass, which occurs without the body present: The funeral mass was held at the cathedral where she'd been baptized.
- pallbearerFuneral coffin transporter
- processionFormal moving line
- church bellsBronze instruments in steeples
- coffinBurial container for remains
- CatholicismPapal Christian denomination
Eucharist · committal · eulogy · Dies Irae · priest · last rites · final blessing · pall · catafalque · mourner · black veil · Christianity · hymn · shroud · holy water · casket · open casket · altar
- Catholic liturgymissal, lectionary, liturgical year, rubrics, homily
- Catholic parishparishioner, rectory, parish council, parish hall, pew
- Medieval Ritesknighting, dubbing, homage, fealty, investiture
- Requiemrequiem, lux aeterna, introit, offertory, Mozart Requiem
- funeral customsburial, cremation, casket, mourning, wakes
- funeralsburial, cremation, casket, coffin, eulogy
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Ritual water purification ceremony
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Marriage rite and feast
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Upbeat funeral alternative
graveside service · wake · memorial gathering · direct cremation
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