tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post541927880953530372..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: My Will: Black Shot through with GoldFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-64779539195154545502008-11-03T15:50:00.000+00:002008-11-03T15:50:00.000+00:00I second your wishes, Father! As for the homily, I...I second your wishes, Father! As for the homily, I would want it to address Purgatory and the Communion of Saints. Any reference to me should be brief, as in: "He was a sinner and while we hope he is in Heaven, most likely he is in Purgatory. Pray for him - always".<BR/><BR/>Then I would want thousands of <I>In Memoriam</I> cards printed up and distributed - with the admonition to include them in people's missals as a reminder...<BR/><BR/><I>"A porte inferi erue Domine animam meam (et tuam)"</I>GORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-24379219221404320602008-11-03T01:26:00.000+00:002008-11-03T01:26:00.000+00:00Don't go yetDon't go yetPhysiocrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682019625346594568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-72336295332544126972008-11-02T22:49:00.000+00:002008-11-02T22:49:00.000+00:00Sorry, it's me again.Fr. Ray, Could I heartily ech...Sorry, it's me again.<BR/><BR/>Fr. Ray, <BR/>Could I heartily echo the comment by ttony and others : Don't go just yet, will you ? Please.PeterHWrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734936083886678494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-50206945048193590712008-11-02T22:18:00.000+00:002008-11-02T22:18:00.000+00:00I was contemplating donating my overdraft but the ...I was contemplating donating my overdraft but the Bank has kyboshed that idea by cancelling it.<BR/><BR/>I now pray to St Antony that I might have something to leave,things should improve within the next 3 decades,providing of course that I can stop smoking.<BR/><BR/>We do not want to lose you yet Father Ray but when that day comes it is guaranteed that there will be standing room only.nickbrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803733028691380861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-84372368461836939612008-11-02T18:50:00.000+00:002008-11-02T18:50:00.000+00:00Fr. Ray,I do hope the day of your funeral is long ...Fr. Ray,<BR/><BR/>I do hope the day of your funeral is long off.<BR/><BR/>The last funeral I went to was Novus Ordo but hardly typical: black vestments, G.F. Anerio's Requiem, facing east, a Westminster auxillary bishop using a faldstool and the <I>Dies Irae</I> was sung. This for a rather eccentric and profoundly liturgical Irishman. The Westminster bishop gave a truly scintillating homily wherein every word had been carefully chosen to weave a rich and highly accurate picture of our mutual friend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-448408320107471262008-11-02T17:32:00.000+00:002008-11-02T17:32:00.000+00:00Father, that's the sermon written, then, and Peter...Father, that's the sermon written, then, and Peter H Wright has told you how to get the solicitor to ensure that rules will be followed. I am sure you can find an interesting precedent in which a "friend of the deceased priest" celebrated the Mass. <BR/><BR/>Don't go just yet, though.Ttonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185875893212146794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-76304546814090935172008-11-02T17:11:00.000+00:002008-11-02T17:11:00.000+00:00My black vestments are shot through with silver - ...My black vestments are shot through with silver - and gave a poor woman the fright of her life this morning - I thought she was going to expire as she muttered about "not having seen black for years, where's the white etc, etc." I will explain to her at the nearest opportunity that the Church of the 1970's is dead - and we'll wear black to celebrate!the owl of the removehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997766157711823147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-26568287559637277462008-11-02T16:21:00.000+00:002008-11-02T16:21:00.000+00:00Fr Ray,"I desire that My Funeral Mass and all its ...Fr Ray,<BR/>"I desire that My Funeral Mass and all its associated ceremonies be sung according to the Extraordinary Form. Furthermore I direct that every bishop or priest present in choir at my funeral be given the sum of £10 from my estate to offer a Mass for the repose of my soul."<BR/>That should put the cat among the pigeons! I'm sure a solicitor could turn it into the appropriate legalese!<BR/><BR/>Fr Steven FisherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-23682031342745100092008-11-02T16:11:00.000+00:002008-11-02T16:11:00.000+00:00I fear that in the diocese of A and B the main pro...I fear that in the diocese of A and B the main problem is that what you desire amounts to an old rite Mass with old rite traditions.<BR/>Laity are now allowed this of course but as for priests, the diocese is likely to demand a concelebrated Mass in New Rite which does not allow for the Dies Irae but would all for the other ordinary parts in plainsong. I was thinking of same problem recentlyMichael Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00568515640292864739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-79958914349919215652008-11-02T15:27:00.000+00:002008-11-02T15:27:00.000+00:00I don't know if priests are allowed to do this, b...I don't know if priests are allowed to do this, but it seems the only person you can trust faithfully to execute your funeral in accordance with your wishes (as long as you are paying for it,) is your solicitor. Once he has accepted your instructions, he is obliged to follow them.<BR/><BR/>Family of the deceased, I regret to say, often have their own agenda.<BR/><BR/>A layman or laywoman can thus stipulate : no white vestments, no jollifications, a requiem Mass with black vestments, prayers for the dead. No eulogy.<BR/><BR/>Even so, there still remains the question of finding clergy willing to oblige.PeterHWrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734936083886678494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-26580122184794744512008-11-02T14:59:00.000+00:002008-11-02T14:59:00.000+00:00St Raymond, pray for us!Happy All Saints, Father.St Raymond, pray for us!<BR/><BR/>Happy All Saints, Father.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-34776613398585444982008-11-02T14:49:00.000+00:002008-11-02T14:49:00.000+00:00Good stuff, Fr. Ray... but no, you don't want a pr...Good stuff, Fr. Ray... but no, you don't want a priest who disagrees with you... he'd probably be a trendy liberal who'd canonise you on the spot because "you can't speak ill of the dead, can you?"<BR/><BR/>Stick to black-vestment-wearing traddies who'll tell everyone in no uncertain terms that you're cooking in Purgatory... if they're wrong, then none of the prayers will go to waste as they'll merely be passed on to benefit some poor forgotten soul...<BR/><BR/>;-)Mulier Fortishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01186202810919174492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-55942679483671297222008-11-02T14:13:00.000+00:002008-11-02T14:13:00.000+00:00I have forbidden the world 'celebarte his life', d...I have forbidden the world 'celebarte his life', during the liturgy they can pray for my soul. They can celebrate my life with the substantial amount of money I will put over the bar at the funeral tea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-42769616996788997012008-11-02T13:28:00.000+00:002008-11-02T13:28:00.000+00:00Can I have similar arrangements when I go.Mary Tra...Can I have similar arrangements when I go.<BR/><BR/>Mary TraceyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com