Funeral
Part 2 History
Chapter 29 Vatican II [1960-1975 CE]
Secular History |
Church History |
Ministry to the Dead and Bereaved |
Secular History
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Church History
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Ministry to the Dead and Bereaved
ANGEL Postings
Ordo Exsequiarum (1969) – Order/Rite of Funerals (1969/1970). Three models – emphasis on principal action in 1) church, 2) cemetery, and 3) home. Funeral as celebration of paschal mystery of Christ.
The Fathers of Vatican II directed that the funeral rites express more clearly the paschal nature of Christian death. Following a period of trial use, in 1969 the Ordo Exsequiarum was written and an English version adopted in 1970.
Pierre-Marie Gy - 3 universal models: I (Ritual Roman - principle action in the church), II (principle action in the cemetery), III (principle action in home). Introduction of lay bereavement ministers. Baptismal understanding - color: white. Order of Funerals (1969).
rites "telescoped" in the church; liturgical renewal (Order of Funerals - 1969; Rite of Funerals - 1970); "obsequies" - death itself to final leave-taking; whole assembly celebrated liturgy of the hours
1969 Introduction to Order of Christian Funerals; Full and active participation was the focus for liturgy; Ordo states to pray for the living in their grief as well as for the dead, formerly only prayed for dead; vigil is for family to gather and pay last respects, funeral homes take care of body and arrangements,
Changes to pastoral not scholastic terms. Change in focus from rubrics to grief process. Christian funeral as a celebration of Paschal Mystery and profession of faith in resurrection.Return to paschal mystery focus of the early Church – Risen Lord and Hope amid death; simplicity of rite; Three models with principal actions in the church, cemetery and at the home.
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