Today I had the honour to preside the funeral of a dear friend of mine. Keith Donoghue and I went to high school together. We knew each other since we were 12. He had been fighting cancer since 2020, and although I moved shortly thereafter to Sudbury we kept in touch. I would look in on him when I visited Montreal, offering him the Anointing of the Sick as well as a friendly ear.
Keith once asked me if I would do his funeral, and I told him that if he ever asked any other priest, that guy would have to fight me for the job. It made Keith smile. His funeral was attended by close to 300 people, and friends gathered from near and far. In fact, it turned into a bit of a class reunion.
His obituary is here, and you can watch the funeral liturgy below. I'll admit I choked up a bit at the end of the homily, but otherwise everything went smoothly.
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