Father Paul Turner
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“A member or a friend of the family may speak in remembrance of the deceased before the final commendation begins” (Order of Christian Funerals, No. 170). That single sentence has become one of the most hotly contested rubrics in the Catholic liturgy, a field renowned for contentious issues. Some pastors allow a mourner to speak.
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