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Funeral mbades are the last Catholic tradition tarnished by the faithful, said a priest from Cork.
Father Tomas Walsh, who has already spoken of Godless godparents and contempt for the Holy Eucharist, criticized the behavior he observed at the funeral.
In his weekly newspaper Gurranabraher, Father Walsh stated that inappropriate memories were brought to the altar during funeral mbades.
"Bringing things like a beer can, a pack of cigarettes, a remote control, a cell phone or a football shirt does not tell us anything more edifying about the deceased," Father Walsh wrote.
Items like a flower, a family picture, a prayer book or a rosary say a lot more about the deceased – and the loss they have suffered for the bereaved family.
Father Walsh was also surprised by the long praise that is "as long as the Mbad itself (and sometimes longer)".
The Catholic priest also said that painting a holy image of the dead contradicts the purpose of a requiem mbad.
"A requiem mbad is essentially the bringing together of the family and the community of believers to pray for the deceased person.
"At the hour of death, as we begin our journey back to God and judgment, we desperately need God's mercy and forgiveness regardless of the building of that person's life."
Giving an example of the importance of praying to the faithful, Father Walsh said: "In the last hours of Pope John Paul II's life, in 2005, he was informed of the immense multitude that was gathering at the outside, St. Peter's Square.
"From a barely audible voice, he begged that gathered crowds pray for him.It is the greatest gift we can offer our dead – the prayer."
Father Walsh asked his parish to bring back to Gurranabraher a Christian understanding of the funeral mbades.
This story originally appeared in The Echo
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