Yeah, Rapaire, but if you want to discuss, you have to follow the rules of logic (and correct information). Funeral Masses are permitted only on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Holy Week - so you couldn't have a Funeral Mass on Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday or any Sunday. The Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday) is the most sacred time of the church year, so no other liturgies are permitted. Wednesday and Monday work, but not the four days in between. But if you wanted to bury your mom whenever and say a few prayers over her, you could have done it any day you liked.

Despite the fact that the Catholic Church is facing a number of crises, you would not have been permitted to have seventeen naked nuns dancing around your mother's coffin, a rock band during the funeral, or a funeral during the Easter Triduum.

So, I still don't see your logical connection between crises and the scheduling of funerals and St. Pat's Day.

-Joe Offer-



The American Catholic Bishops can't figure out how Rome can dictate how Americans talk English, either - so I agree with you on that point. I think they're trying to exert European dominance over those unruly Americans.