Catholic Funeral

[melv16]

I've just got back from a requiem mass and I'm 'king knackered. With all the standing up and sitting down, responding and chanting, bells ringing, incense wafting, etc. I'm going for a lie down :-)

[gness]

MrG's funeral was very different......he was very fond of an actress friend of mine who once performed this brilliantly.....so we had to have it for him.....☺

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=va8VDBGcKS4

[The Builder]

Apologies for the hijack, Melv, but this one's for Mintz..........

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnxeKl-Kbqw

[Psybbo]

Sorry melv, I was at a catholic funeral last Wednesday for a very dear friend. It was beautiful and her brave young son's eulogy brought tears to everyone's eyes.

[murraymints]

see I AM 2nd in line..ta Builder that was great

[gness]

I'm good with postcrete and power tools, Minty....that might shift me up a place or two......♥

[jennyjoan]

One of my best friend's ex-husband was buried on Monday - there was a choir singing with gusto and 5 priests done the mass. At the end of the mass the 5 elite priests came together and sang in latin Salve Regina. This guy was a good guy 64 years old but knew the priests and church for the work he done for them. It was very emotional. At the end of the mass another friend of mine came (she never knew him) she just wanted to come and she said I have paid money for entertainment that was rotten and that entertainment was unbelievable. Bodhran (form of a drum) his son played the tin whistle - it was the "best" funeral I have been to for a long a time. His last few years were very bad as he was diabetic, receiving dialysis 3-4 times a week, blind, and lost one leg. this was a man pre-illness- was a mastercraft joiner, singer, and then went back to Queen's University got a degree and went back to work. Tommy RIP

[The Builder]

Ha .......... but, as a Gentleman, I couldn't possibly give a preference. Although, Madame Eau doesn't seem to be around much since her illness.

And she's still encumbered by that Monsieur Eau apparently ;o(

[gness]

Mr Builder....would we dare usurp her?......xx

[murraymints]

wot / even if I provide a firkin every Friday tea time ?

[murraymints]

although I grudgingly will give way to the international super model.....sob...got a brother ? lol

[The Builder]

/// even if I provide a firkin every Friday tea time ///

Mintz .......... that could well have been a typo ........... or perhaps Edinburgh dialect ;o)

[murraymints]

firkin...= barrel of beer !

[paddywak]

An old mate of mine was buried last week at a catholic service which was nice and short.The only problem was the priest, (a coloured gentleman)carried out the service in such a manner that the only parts that we could understandable were "donations at the back of the church"

[murraymints]

paddy ..no good

[paddywak]

It wasn't murry,Mind you I've been to a few really good ones.The best was for a mate who was killed at the pit.The vicar who was in charge had gone to school with the deceased and in fact had worked with him in the pit before taking to the ministry.Virtually from the moment he opened his mouth he had the church laughing all the way through the service and well into the evening in the local welfare.The widow told me later that it was the most wonderful send off she ever imagine made all the better by the fact the service was conducted by somebody who knew the family so well

[melv16]

Looks like the builder has the POW's salivating over him again. Put him down laydeeez:-)

[murraymints]

NO lol he can take his chances in my shed !

[mikey4444]

The Catholics certainly know how to make a song and dance about things, that's for sure !