The Church manifests the suffering, death, and Resurrection of Jesus in the funeral liturgy. For a baptized Catholic, the Mass of Christian burial is the customary ritual of prayer. The readings and prayers do not minimize human suffering and death, but show how they have been conquered by love. Though separated from us now by sight, we are still united with the dead by faith, and we celebrate the great hope that our beloved will journey safely, aided by our prayers and sufferings for them, to their eternal place of peace.