I went to a friends funeral today in a Catholic church and was amazed at the differences between my brothers funeral and the one today. Noone spoke except the Preist who was foriegn and I could barely understand him. They also paid some lady to come and play the piano and sing some songs, she was pretty good.
It is also funny to see the differences in the design of their chapel compared to that of our own. Their chapel was almost all glass. I imagine that it s so for the benefit of people driving by so they could see how impressive it is to be of their church. There was at least three podiums the Priest spoke from, I had a hard time trying to find him as he kept changing positions with each change in topic.
Boy I would hate to have to try and keep up with him. At least I wouldn't fall asleep, it is too interesting to watch the traffic go by.
And the worst thing about the funeral I went to today was that there was no funeral potatoes. In fact I had to go home to eat as they were to cheap to feed us for paying our last respects.
Monday, July 24, 2006
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Funerals
I never thought I would go to any of my families funerals but they would all attend my funeral while here in this eaarthly life. Was I ever wrong! Not only was I wrong, but it looks as if I am healthier than several in my family. Of course looks are decieving and I may be the very next one to go on to the spirit prison not that Allen went there but I am sure I will.
It is a great shock to learn that your youngest brother has passed on when I felt that I would be the very first. It is even a greater shock to learn that he was strangled to death with no marks left to identify the one who might have strangled him. Actually it wasn’t a person who strangled him but his own body strangled him to death.
After all of the suffering I have gone through because of diabetes I feel this was a very good way to die and it took less than ten minutes. Allen even took the time to tell his wife that he loved her before he passed on according to Lisa.
I was given the honor and difficulty of offering the Family Prayer. I did't know how this should have been done but I offered a prayer of thanks to our Heavenly Father for the opportuniy of knowing Allen and of being a family then I asked a special blessing upon Lisa, my parents and all who would miss Allen that they would be comforted and I said a few other things that I don’t remember so they must not have been important.
As Diana and I talked we decided that we would be of the least to be saddened by Allen’s passing and this gave us some reflection on how we should have taken more time to get to know Allen and then we thought of the last time we had seen him and remembered that he chose to walk by us without even saying hello so I came to the conclusion that I need to take more of a possitive role in dealing with each of my brothers and sisters and to not let small things get in the way of my responsibility to have a good relatioship with each of my brothers and sisters. I need to follow the example of Jesus as Calixta would say.
It is a great shock to learn that your youngest brother has passed on when I felt that I would be the very first. It is even a greater shock to learn that he was strangled to death with no marks left to identify the one who might have strangled him. Actually it wasn’t a person who strangled him but his own body strangled him to death.
After all of the suffering I have gone through because of diabetes I feel this was a very good way to die and it took less than ten minutes. Allen even took the time to tell his wife that he loved her before he passed on according to Lisa.
I was given the honor and difficulty of offering the Family Prayer. I did't know how this should have been done but I offered a prayer of thanks to our Heavenly Father for the opportuniy of knowing Allen and of being a family then I asked a special blessing upon Lisa, my parents and all who would miss Allen that they would be comforted and I said a few other things that I don’t remember so they must not have been important.
As Diana and I talked we decided that we would be of the least to be saddened by Allen’s passing and this gave us some reflection on how we should have taken more time to get to know Allen and then we thought of the last time we had seen him and remembered that he chose to walk by us without even saying hello so I came to the conclusion that I need to take more of a possitive role in dealing with each of my brothers and sisters and to not let small things get in the way of my responsibility to have a good relatioship with each of my brothers and sisters. I need to follow the example of Jesus as Calixta would say.
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