{"id":2852,"date":"2010-07-01T08:55:17","date_gmt":"2010-07-01T13:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=2852"},"modified":"2010-12-20T23:46:58","modified_gmt":"2010-12-21T05:46:58","slug":"music-at-funerals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2010\/07\/01\/music-at-funerals\/","title":{"rendered":"Music at Funerals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out Todd Flowerday&#8217;s interesting <a href=\"My own sense is that the funeral repertoire leans strongly (in some parishes too much so) toward music based on biblical passages of comfort. That said, I\u2019ve never quite discerned why the sequence Dies Irae is deemed fitting for the funeral rites. \" target=\"_blank\">ongoing discussion of the Order of Christian Funerals<\/a> over at Catholic Sensibility:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>My own sense is that the funeral repertoire leans strongly (in some parishes too much so) toward music based on biblical passages of comfort. 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