II. The Celebration of Funerals

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church

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greeting of the community. A greeting of faith begins the celebration.
Relatives and friends of the deceased are welcomed with a word of
“consolation” (in the New Testament sense of the Holy Spirit’s power
in hope).¹⁸⁷ The community assembling in prayer also awaits the
“words of eternal life.” the death of a member of the community (or
the anniversary of a death, or the seventh or fortieth day after death) is an
event that should lead beyond the perspectives of “this world” and
should draw the faithful into the true perspective of faith in the risen
Christ.

PART TWO: THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY

SECTION TWO THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
- CHAPTER FOUR OTHER LITURGICAL CELEBRATIONS
  - Article 2 CHRISTIAN FUNERALS
    - II. The Celebration of Funerals

From The Catechism of the Catholic Church – rosary.team