True compassion calls us to stand with our suffering brothers and sisters and affirm that they are always a gift and never a burden. Their lives are at every moment worthwhile. As life nears its natural end, the compassionate response to any pain and hardship is good palliative care, not the killing of the patient.
The common good of any society depends on the commitment of all citizens to uphold the dignity of every human life at each moment and circumstance. So, the commitment of the Catholic Church to honour and protect human life at every stage from beginning to natural end is resolute.
Good quality palliative care serves to surround a person with the spiritual, medical, psychological, and social supports necessary to affirm and uphold their dignity. It assures the best quality of life …show more content…
The Order of Christian Funerals summarizes the liturgies around the death of a Christian as follows. “At the death of a Christian, whose life of faith was begun in the waters of baptism and strengthened at the Eucharistic table, the Church intercedes on behalf of the deceased because of [her] confident belief that death is not the end nor does it break the bonds forged in life. The Church also ministers to the sorrowing and consoles them in the funeral rites with the comforting word of God and the Sacrament of the Eucharist.”
In Halifax’s St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica, there is a lovely stained-glass depiction of the death of St. Joseph, watched over by his spouse, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and his foster-son, Jesus Christ. It puts forth an ideal of loved ones surrounding the deathbed of a believer and member of the family of God. May this vision of the Holy Family and our prayers this afternoon console you in the loss of your loved ones. You are enriched by the memories of their contribution to your life while they were with
The common good of any society depends on the commitment of all citizens to uphold the dignity of every human life at each moment and circumstance. So, the commitment of the Catholic Church to honour and protect human life at every stage from beginning to natural end is resolute.
Good quality palliative care serves to surround a person with the spiritual, medical, psychological, and social supports necessary to affirm and uphold their dignity. It assures the best quality of life …show more content…
The Order of Christian Funerals summarizes the liturgies around the death of a Christian as follows. “At the death of a Christian, whose life of faith was begun in the waters of baptism and strengthened at the Eucharistic table, the Church intercedes on behalf of the deceased because of [her] confident belief that death is not the end nor does it break the bonds forged in life. The Church also ministers to the sorrowing and consoles them in the funeral rites with the comforting word of God and the Sacrament of the Eucharist.”
In Halifax’s St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica, there is a lovely stained-glass depiction of the death of St. Joseph, watched over by his spouse, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and his foster-son, Jesus Christ. It puts forth an ideal of loved ones surrounding the deathbed of a believer and member of the family of God. May this vision of the Holy Family and our prayers this afternoon console you in the loss of your loved ones. You are enriched by the memories of their contribution to your life while they were with