My family came to know a young priest who was here at our parish for a few years and although he was eventually assigned to a parish in another country, we kept in touch via email. He recently broke the news that his sister, who happens to be a religious herself, passed away in their native country. I sent him my family's sympathies just earlier tonight but he immediately responded by sending a series of emails with photos of his sister's funeral and body lying in the coffin! Now, I'm not too comfortable seeing dead bodies. It is of course all right in the case of relatives or friends but if they are total strangers that's a completely different matter. So this was extremely unpleasant for me to say the least. (I viewed the first few emails but simply filed away the rest without opening them.) Besides, is it proper to send pictures of dead people?
2 days ago
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