Funerals at St. Jude
Funerals at St. Jude
For information information on scheduling a funeral at St. Jude, please contact the Parish Office at 505-898-0826.
If, then, we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. (Romans 6:8)
If, then, we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. (Romans 6:8)
St. Jude Parish has a Bereavement Ministry dedicated to assisting people in their greatest time of need, when they are grieving and need help planning a funeral. If you need assistance in planning a funeral, please contact the Parish Office at 505-898-0826 to schedule an appointment with the Pastor, Fr. Tri, and a member of the Bereavement Ministry.
Click here for the St. Jude Funeral Packet (readings for use at a funeral).
About Catholic Funerals from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Bereavement and Funerals
Because of our belief not only in the immortality of the soul, but also in the resurrection of the body, the Church professes hope in the face of death, and acts with charity in the funeral rites. The Church provides a number of prayers
for the faithful to offer both to accompany the dying of a loved one and to strengthen our faith upon their death. Through private prayer and public funeral rites, we strengthen our faith and hope, comfort those who mourn, and bury the bodily remains of the deceased with care befitting what was the Temple of the Holy Spirit.
The following excerpts are taken from the General Introduction of the Order of Christian Funerals:
4. At the death of a Christian, whose life of faith was begun in the waters of baptism and strengthened at the eucharistic table, the Church intercedes on behalf of the deceased because of its confident belief that death is not the end nor does it break the bonds forged in life. The Church also ministers to the sorrowing and consoles them in the funeral rites with the comforting word of God and the sacrament of the eucharist.
5. Christians celebrate the funeral rites to offer worship, praise, and thanksgiving to God for the gift of a life which has now been returned to God, the author of life and the hope of the just. The Mass, the memorial of Christ's death and resurrection, is the principal celebration of the Christian funeral.
6. The Church through its funeral rites commends the dead to God's merciful love and pleads for the forgiveness of their sins. At the funeral rites, especially at the celebration of the eucharistic sacrifice, the Christian community affirms and expresses the union of the Church on earth with the Church in heaven in the one great communion of saints. Though separated from the living, the dead are still at one with the community of believers on earth and benefit from their prayers and intercession. At the rite of final commendation and farewell, the community acknowledges the reality of separation and commends the deceased to God. In this way it recognizes the spiritual bond that still exists between the living and the dead and proclaims its belief that all the faithful will be raised up and reunited in the new heavens and a new earth, where death will be no more.
