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OP-ED

Communists are still among us...even at funerals

Politiko 2026-09-03 11:44:48
Communists are still among us...even at funerals

Dom Ivan

I see this especially at funerals. Sometimes it happens that the person who is in charge of organizing the funeral- that is, the person who decides on the time of the “first of the dead”, the manner and course of the ceremony- is capable and organized… but a communist to the core. And when it comes to a Catholic funeral, this is seen and felt very clearly. Many of them tolerate the priest at home, but taking the deceased to church for Holy Mass? Absolutely not! And then the excuses begin: “We don’t have time”, “There are also Muslims”, “We must respect everyone”, “We can’t waste time in church”. The strange thing is that the deceased, when he was alive, may have been a regular believer: he went to Mass, went to confession, received the sacraments, and participated in all the rites of the Church. But it doesn’t matter. Our dear organizer, with a stopwatch in his hand, does everything so that the deceased does not leave the church. When I finally get to the funeral, I hear: "Quick, quick...", "How much is left?", "Dom, are you done?" "How long will it take?"

It has happened to me more than once to lose my patience and respond in a not very gentle tone:

"Aren't you afraid the pilaf will get cold?"

Because the most interesting thing is this: these are the same people who, after the funeral, when they go to a restaurant, in front of a good glass of brandy, suddenly discover that time no longer exists! They can stay at the table for three hours, eating, drinking, telling stories, laughing and toasting as if it were a wedding. Time doesn't matter there. There, no one says: "Hurry up, hurry up!" And of course, all this is good for the soul of the deceased... especially when the second glass of brandy comes!

That's why we need to choose carefully who will organize a funeral. Because we need to understand one very simple thing: the death of a person cannot be treated as if a cat had died. And especially when a Catholic person who lived his religion dies, we cannot consider the Mass as an unnecessary waste of time. 

Christian death is not simply a moment that we must get through as quickly as possible. It is the final moment in which the community accompanies its brother or sister before God.

Therefore, dear friends, the brandy can wait. The Mass should not be skipped. 

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