0:00: Question: Did Pope Francis Slight Pope Benedict in his Funeral Homily?
0:36: Pope Benedict died when we were out….Pope Francis gave a short homily during the funeral which you can find here.
1:10: Did we watch live?
1:50: Eulogies vs. homilies – what’s the difference? Mike talks about doing the eulogy for both of his parents.
2:36: Funeral Homilies take on a different focus.
3:54: Pope Francis did a homily.
4:10: Compare and despair. Cardinal Ratzinger did Pope John Paul II’s funeral homily. You can find that here.
5:00: Maria: The homily reflected the Papacy and life of Pope Benedict.
6:17: Funeral was more for a retired Bishop of Rome more so than a reigning Pope.
6:43: We live in a polarized country and church. The infighting gets more attention.
7:56: Pope Francis called us to pray for Pope Benedict. And honored him in his Wednesday audience.
8:42: Critiques of Pope Benedict’s liturgical style.
9:02: Pope giving a homily vs a Cardinal giving a homily for a Pope.
9:19: FD’s Rules for Funeral Homilies.
11:25: Funeral of Justice Antonin Scalia
12:00: Mourning also happened when Benedict resigned.
13:20: Comparing this to Bishop’s funerals who have retired.
14:00: Show note: Terence Cardinal Cooke did in fact, “die in office” and in fact spent a good deal of his time as Archbishop of NY battling leukemia.
14:48: This is quite different from when Pope John Paul II died.
15:17: Maria: Things were in the proper place.
16:15: Eulogy at the beginning of the funeral as opposed to the end of it.
17:51: Words of remembrance is the proper term. Here’s some guidelines.
19:05: Hard to prep for funerals. Here’s one of Mike’s experiences with his father’s funeral and some experiences from one pastor.
20:55: Funerals are great opportunities for Evangelization.
21:30: Church search goes to St Francis deSales in Akron.
23:04 Readings for this weekend can be found here.