Question
Question
Can a funeral take place on a Sunday in Lent? What about at the regular parish Sunday Mass?
--Funky in Phoenix
Answer
Answer
The General Instructions of the Roman Missal (1975) paragraph 336 states the list of days when a funeral Mass may not be celebrated. Sundays of Lent is included on the list.
The Order of Christian Funerals, 178 permits a Funeral Liturgy outside of Mass for these days.