1690. A farewell to the deceased is his final “commendation to God” by the Church. It is “the last farewell by which the Christian community greets one of its members before his body is brought to its tomb.”191 The Byzantine tradition expresses this by the kiss of farewell to the deceased:
By this final greeting “we sing for his departure from this life and separation from us, but also because there is a communion and a reunion. For even dead, we are not at all separated from one another, because we all run the same course and we will find one another again in the same place. We shall never be separated, for we live for Christ, and now we are united with Christ as we go toward him . . . we shall all be together in Christ.”192
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
254. Who brought to fulfillment those prefigurations?
97. How does Mary cooperate in the divine plan of salvation?
326. What is the effect of episcopal ordination?
300. What is interior penance?
101. In what sense is the life of Christ a Mystery?
224. What are the sacraments and which are they?
169. What is the relationship of the Catholic Church with the Jewish people?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What is the importance of faithfulness to God, according to the book of Tobias?
What does the Bible say about the importance of honesty and integrity in Ecclesiasticus 20:1-11?
What does the Bible teach about God’s final judgment, and what does Malachi 3:18 tell us about it?
What is the example of perseverance in the faith that Paul set in 2 Timothy 4:7?
How does Job 38:1-11 reveal God’s sovereignty in the midst of suffering?
