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This is a serious question to devout catholics.
Recently a friend of my mother, who was been treated in hospital for severe depression after several attemps of trying to take her own life. Sadly just over a week ago she suceeded.
She was catholic and her catholic church refused to give her a catholic funeral; Eg:- she wasn't given a burial, and was taken into church "FEET FIRST" WHY!!! Surely this poor woman had suffered enough in her tormented life, Is'nt it up to our Lord to decide to forgive her the way wanted to end her life!
I would be most grateful for any answer to this delicate subject, I have thought about this since I was told, I feel that this was so unfair to her and her family as they had suffered enough. I know that this way of ending one,s life is frowned upon, but I can't help feeling saddened by the action of the catholic church. By the way my own faith Spiritualism.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Just one more example of how disgusting and useless organised religion is, I'm afraid. As everyone says, the church is the one place people should be able to turn to in times of difficulty and trouble, but they are so caught up in trying to maintain outdated principles and practices that have no place in a modern world that they are incapable of seeing the bigger picture.
I am so sorry for your friend and her family.
Yeah, I know why they do it.
!) Catholic burial rite: a celebration of the resurection for the just. It is to pray for the person an celebrate the fact that they have gone to eternal life.
2) Suicide is a mortal sin. In commiting it, as their very last act, they have cut themselves off from God and brought upon themselves eternal damnation.
There is, therefore, no way the catholic church could reconcile 1) and 2).
Which just goes to show, to reasonable minded people, what a complete load of lobbox the whole catholic charade is.
No marge B is right.
This is a problem with suicides - the churches have rules and have to follow them - or else they arent rules.
A very good friend committed suicide in his twenties, thirty years ago and none of us have got over it, and the Church not being much help. You can always hold your own service celebrating the good parts of his life.