Today is The Day of the Dead, and you can read about it here. But You may find it more profitable to listen to the following sermon by Dr. David P. Murray:
How to Benefit from a Funeral
The Text for this sermon is Ecclesiastes 7:2,3 (Audio):
How to Benefit from a Funeral
The Text for this sermon is Ecclesiastes 7:2,3 (Audio):
"It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better."