Catholic Transparency...

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Originally Posted by Penguin

It was very different from my own grandmother's funeral, who had an evangelic funeral. There I felt that the event was really about her and didn't feel like attending a long commercial break for the church.

Yeah, this has been my experience as well from the Lutheran funerals, not that I have any experience of Catholic or any other ones. Though it did feel silly when I was attending my grandfather's funeral and there was this priest going on and on about how good man he was. Well sure, he was. But dude, you didn't, like, ever meet him or know him. You're just there telling everyone of us, his relatives, what a great guy this complete stranger was. I bet you didn't even write that speech yourself.

Personally I hope the only eulogy I'll have will be a letter written by me, myself and I. It will be very short and to the point: "I'm dead. What the bloody heck do you dolts still want?! Just go take your free coffee and cake and stop bothering me already!"