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My son, let your tears fall over the dead, and as one who suffers grievously, begin lamentation. Wind up his body with due honor. Don’t neglect his burial.
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Verse 16. Burial. Thus we must shew our respect for the deceased. The Jews also prayed for them. 2 Maccabees 12:42. Calmet.—“The care … and pomp of funerals are rather the consolations of survivors than of service to the dead.” Saint Augustine cura 2.
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