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When memorial practices contradict ancestral beliefs

I light a candle for my grandmother every year on her death anniversary even though she would be horrified since she thought candles were Catholic superstition.

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What we've seen

Our own spiritual needs for honoring the dead can require practices that the deceased themselves would have rejected or condemned.

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“Where Are You with Ancestors in faith — the continuing relationship?”

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