The beautiful and inspiring homily from the funeral mass for Susan Torres

From Catholic News Service

Father Scalia said there is a certain parallel between the Eucharist and motherhood. During the Mass, the priest says, “This is my body, offered up to you.” The same can be said of a mother, he noted.

“When a woman receives new life in her womb, she says this is my body, given up for you,” he said. “She gives her body to the child for new life. Susan spoke these words for three months, without speaking.”

In statues and paintings, the martyrs are pictured with the instrument of their martyrdom. They display what sacrifices and sufferings they endured for Christ.

“Susan can do the same,” Father Scalia said. “She can show him her wounds. She suffered as he suffered.”

Trusting in God’s mercy, there is hope that Susan Torres is on her way to heaven, Father Scalia said.

“As the incense rises, so should our prayers rise up for Susan,” he said. “She will hear the words promised. ‘Come inherit the kingdom promised to you at the beginning of the world.’

“We have prayed together for our sister Susan,” Father Scalia said. “In this last farewell, there is sadness, but we take comfort in the hope that we will see Susan again.”

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