Biden Funeral Program
  • JahazaJahaza
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    Via Luke Russert's Twitter.
  • kevinfkevinf
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    Classic American RC funeral.....
    Thanked by 2Daniel Bennett Page BruceL
  • cmb
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    GIRM 382 a. The preceding prohibition on eulogies shall not apply to the funerals of prominent politicians, wherein four eulogies are permitted.
    Thanked by 5canadash irishtenor BruceL eft94530 Michael Mills
  • chonakchonak
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    I had no idea that "Bring Him Home" from Les Misérables was a liturgical song.
    Thanked by 3canadash Spriggo BruceL
  • MatthewRoth
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    “Til Kingdom Come” is by Coldplay and was sung by the lead singer. :(

    The priest basically canonized him. Why can’t we just pray for him and exhort others to conversion and to live for the Resurrection?
    Thanked by 1canadash
  • melofluentmelofluent
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    In AmChurch, darn near everything can be appropriated for liturgy and exonerated.
    Kvetching about this or that, especially as regards funerals, reminds of spitting into the wind and Westboro Baptist.
  • MatthewRoth
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    The farthest from chant, polyphony, and solid hymnody I would go is the Pie Iesu/Agnus Dei by Lloyd Webber. But that isn’t too shabby all things considered...
  • Chris Garton-Zavesky
    Posts: 6,902
    How sad. The late Mr. Biden needs prayers (because we all do), and what he gets is this?!


    Contact me off-line if you're interested in putting together a Spiritual Bouquet.

    May he rest in peace.

    In other news, could someone explain why Mr. Obama (a non-Catholic) was invited to give a eulogy at this funeral?

  • MatthewRoth
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    Why was anyone eulogizing him? And why were there four speakers, with one speaking for twenty-five minutes? Guess which speaker took that long.
    Thanked by 1cmb
  • Jeffrey Quick
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    and the question which must not be asked: why is America obsessing over the natural death of a fairly minor politician? It's a tragedy for the Biden family, and quite possibly an eternal tragedy for the deceased. But it's of absolutely no importance to the rest of the country.
  • melofluentmelofluent
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    Jeffrey, we don't part company on much, but it is a loss for the Biden family. It is no more tragedy than my father's and father in law's suicides or my mother's Bataan march to lung cancer. And there's only an illusion of obsession. (see "Satan's biggest trick.") Like I tried to say in a genteel manner, grousing over any of this "coverage," be it Biden's, JFK's, Teddy's or other famed "RC" funerals, is not an occasion for righteous indignation. At best, it only compounds a pathetic reality as regards how we regard death and transfiguration.
    I should listen to Strauss tonight just for its poignancy.
  • M. Jackson Osborn
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    I would never know that these songs existed were it not for their appearance here. Some, not all, but some, have said that I was 'out of touch'. I think that if this is being 'in touch' I'd rather not be. These people apparently have no concept of what a Christian, Catholic or otherwise, funeral is. They are really 'out of touch'.

    I must disagree with Jeffrey. The death of our Vice-President's son is a legitimate occasion for a normal outpouring of national sympathy. This doesn't imply that we think much of the politics of the VP or his son.
  • MatthewRoth
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    Exactly. I respect Biden (even if I do not care for him as a politician) and it is terrible that he buried his wife and two children.
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