Burial Vs Cremation

[Annie12]

I share your feelings Dust. I don't find anything strange about wanting your remains to be near Christ. However, I would only think that not all cemeteries have places available near the alter.

 

Hey, if you're saintly enough you might get buried beneath the alter! (it may have to be a new church though...)

 

 

[Nihil Obstat]

Besides the burial vs cremation thing, what are y'alls thoughts on being buried close to an altar? Like, saints and stuff are buried under/close to altars.

Heck, how about an altar being constructed around your coffin? :|

 

[Era Might]

Underneath the altar is prime real estate. You gotta be St. Francis or Shaquille O'Neal to get buried there.

[Nihil Obstat]

Underneath the altar is prime real estate. You gotta be St. Francis or Shaquille O'Neal to get buried there.

I will settle for a family mausoleum containing a small chapel, with my crypt off to an inconspicuous side. :|

 

And I want all of the family crypts to be ornamented like this:

 

 

[Era Might]

I will settle for a family mausoleum containing a small chapel, with my crypt off to an inconspicuous side. :|

 

I don't know if they still have these, but rich families in places like England used to have private chapels where priests would visit from time to time and they could reserve the Eucharist there.

[Era Might]

And I want all of the family crypts to be ornamented like this:

 

 

 

 

Creepy, reminds me of a W.H. Auden poem, "Death's Echo":

 

The desires of the heart are as crooked as corkscrews,

Not to be born is the best for man;

The second-best is a formal order,

Dance, dance, for the figure is easy,

The tune is catching and will not stop;

Dance till the stars come down from the rafters;

Dance, dance, dance till you drop.

[Nihil Obstat]

I don't know if they still have these, but rich families in places like England used to have private chapels where priests would visit from time to time and they could reserve the Eucharist there.

 

I imagine they are not very common. :P First I will need a lot of land, and a butt load of spare cash lying around. Nothing less than marble will do, of course.

 

 

Creepy, reminds me of a W.H. Auden poem, "Death's Echo":

 

The desires of the heart are as crooked as corkscrews,

Not to be born is the best for man;

The second-best is a formal order,

Dance, dance, for the figure is easy,

The tune is catching and will not stop;

Dance till the stars come down from the rafters;

Dance, dance, dance till you drop.

 

That is one of my favourite things in Rome, in St. Peter in Chains Basilica. :)

[Era Might]

I imagine they are not very common. :P First I will need a lot of land, and a butt load of spare cash lying around. Nothing less than marble will do, of course.

 

That is one of my favourite things in Rome, in St. Peter in Chains Basilica. :)

 

Who is the man in the middle, is that a Saint?

[Nihil Obstat]

Who is the man in the middle, is that a Saint?

I believe they were noblemen, rather than saints. If they were saints, those would probably have been reconstructed into proper altars.

[Didacus]

I'm telling ya all; being thrown at sea is the way to go!

Anything else is just vanity!

:unsure:

[MarysLittleFlower]

To be honest cremation makes me a bit uncomfortable because of the history of it - it used to be forbidden by the Church because people would do it as a symbol of not believing in the Resurrection or something... for that reason I would choose burial, because that is more symbolic.

 

I remember when I was in middle school, we had a career fair and one of the people who came was a funeral director... it was one of the most popular talks of the day ;) he told us about embalming and if someone wants an open casket... after this, I think I'd prefer a closed casket. Just to keep it simple.

 

Of course, that's really neat being buried right near the church, but I don't know how this would be planned on...

 

 

[CatherineM]

There are some parishes that are putting in niche walls. It gives the church some money, and means the church can never be sold or closed.

[Oremoose]

I just want to be put in a casket and straight into the ground when I die. I mean, I may donate some organs if I can, but aside from that I want everything intact when I'm buried.

 

I say donate a few ribs...



Anyway If I am buried does is have to be in a coffin dressed in a tux? I would prefer a Cardboard box and swim trunks (or Pajamas, or what ever I died in. It seem cheaper.

 

Is that bad?

[Didacus]

VANITY I TELLS YA!!!!

 

 

VANITY!!!!!

:cry: 

[AnneLine]

dUSt, there are a number of churches and cathedrals that are putting in mausoleums.  Or attached cemeteries....

 

You might be able to find a spot in one of those.

 

The LA Cathedral has a place (but by invite only I believe)

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/10/us/cathedral-in-los-angeles-sets-premium-on-its-crypts.html

 

The Oakland Cathedral will take anyone in their diocese....

 

http://www.catholicvoiceoakland.org/2008/08-06-09/frontpage1.htm

 

But both of those buildings are pretty modern....

 

 

 

You might want something a little more traditional....

 

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbYhqUbW_N8[/media]

 

St. Dominic's in San Francisco (above) has just installed a columbarium behind the high altar.... I personally don't much care for it (but it is a little tiny chapel area where the Blessed Sacrament is reserved....)

 

http://www.stdominics.org/columbarium

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 20, 2013 by AnneLine