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The Funeral of Senator Edward  Kennedy was not really a Catholic Funeral funeral at all. In terms of the Catholic Faith it di not deal with the praying for his soul and dealing with the man's sins. Instead politics became the liturgy and the liturgy was invoked as political authority.

ONE BLOGGER QUOTING Father Roger J. Landry PUT IT THIS WAY

"Father Roger J. Landry, editor at The Anchor, the official newspaper of the Diocese of Fall River (the diocese where the late Senator Edward Kennedy resided), has written extensively on the passing of Senator Kennedy and his funeral. Fr. Landry himself was ordained by Cardinal Sean O'Malley, the presider at Kennedy's funeral.

"The overall tone of the funeral liturgy - from the three eulogies, to the prayers of the faithful, to the homily, to the celebrity musicians, to the guest list, and to the nationally-televised gushing color commentaries - seemed to communicate that it was more a public, political apotheosis of Senator Kennedy than a humble, insistent prayer of the Church his mother for the forgiveness of his sins and the repose of his soul," writes Fr. Landry."

Because I have written extensively on the"Kennedy Funeral from the funeral pespctive", a comment on religion was made.

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The Edward Ted"Kennedy Funeral Mass was quite a moving event. No matter what you have to say about his politics, the man was loved.

This was a semi state funeral. What really matters in life is not what we achieve but how we love others. Sound Familiar?

Here is an excerpt from the Obama Eulogy.

"We cannot know for certain how long we have here. We cannot foresee the trials or misfortunes that will test us along the way. We cannot know God's plan for us.

What we can do is to live out our lives as best we can with purpose, and love, and joy. We can use each day to show those who are closest to us how much we care about them, and treat others with the kindness and respect that we wish for ourselves. We can learn from our mistakes and grow from our failures. And we can strive at all costs to make a better world, so that someday, if we are blessed with the chance to look back on our time here, we can know that we spent it well; that we made a difference; that our fleeting presence had a lasting impact on the lives of other human beings."

I beg to differ with you President Obama, We can know God's Plan for us. But most of what you said in Senator Kennedy's eulogy is true. Now eulogies most often do not contain truth.

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Does Senator Edward Kennedy deserve a Catholic Funeral? Yes according to the rules of the Catholic Church, he does. His funeral mass will be at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and known as the mission church in Boston.

President Obama is scheduled to give the Eulogy. Many Catholics conservatives or not have theological objections to that.

From www. catholic .org."My reading of the canonical tradition behind Canon 1184** says that those actions suffice as 'some signs of repentance' making Ted Kennedy eligible for a Catholic funeral.'

notorious pro-aborts seem to be "manifest sinners who cannot be granted ecclesiastical funerals without public scandal of the faithful."

"Unless, that is, "they gave some sign of repentance before death." And there is at least some evidence that Ted Kennedy did just that"

Your Funeral Guy has blogged the positive side of the Kennedy Funeral. This is as it should be. In order to keep blogging at it's God's blog and elsewhere some the Theological issues needs to be explored.

Funerals, Theology and politics can be a difficult ground to cover.

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