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Death of Someone Young
Few things are harder than burying someone young. The Catholic Church does not pretend otherwise; it has gathered specific readings for exactly this grief. The Wisdom of Solomon insists that "a blameless life is a ripe old age" — the length of a life is not the measure of its meaning. The Gospel of Luke records Jesus stopping a funeral procession to raise a widow's only son. Choose from this list when the death has come too early. The Order of Christian Funerals offers an even more extended set of readings for children's funerals; ask your parish for that specific lectionary.