Vatican website translation:<\/p>\n
81. The rite for the burial of the dead should express more clearly the paschal character of Christian death, and should correspond more closely to the circumstances and traditions found in various regions. This holds good also for the liturgical color to be used.<\/p>\n
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81. Ritus exsequiarum paschalem mortis christianae indolem manifestius exprimat, atque condicionibus et traditionibus singularum regionum, etiam quoad colorem liturgicum, melius respondeat.<\/strong><\/p>\n Slavishly literal translation:<\/p>\n 81. Let funeral rites express more manifestly the paschal character of Christian death and better respond to the circumstances and traditions of individual regions, even with reference to the liturgical color.<\/p>\n Articles 81 and 82 present the Council Fathers\u2019 wishes concerning the restoration\/revision of the funeral rites and bring Chapter Three to a close.<\/p>\n Art. 81 signals a change of emphasis in the celebration of Christian death. If the general patristic teaching that the processions (with sung Alleluias) and stations (house, funeral chapel, grave site) associated with Christian burial expressed the community\u2019s faith in the resurrection (standing in marked contrast to pagan stoicism or despair in the face of death), a different emphasis appears in the medieval additions to the burial rites, perhaps best indicated by the use of black vestments and the singing of the Dies irae<\/em> (\u201cO Day of Wrath\u201d) Sequence. The Council Fathers seem to call for a more balanced expression of paschal faith, ritually acknowledging the Christian\u2019s suffering, death, and burial in hope of resurrection with reference to Christ\u2019s Passion, Death, and Resurrection. They also call for greater attention to be paid to the cultural customs surrounding death, re-emphasizing what they had laid down in arts. 37-40.<\/p>\n Pray Tell<\/em> readers may wish to discuss the changes appearing in the post-Vatican II Roman Missal (both liturgical texts and lectionary selections) and Roman Ritual (both in the pastoral care of the sick and of the dying), how these changes have been received by the praying church in various parts of the world, and what changes might still be necessary or advisable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Articles 81 and 82 present the Council Fathers\u2019 wishes concerning the restoration\/revision of the funeral rites and bring Chapter Three to a close.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[275,3814,32],"tags":[2661],"class_list":["post-27155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funeralsburial","category-re-reading-sacrosanctum-concilium","category-vatican-ii","tag-sacrosanctum-concilium"],"yoast_head":"\n