Perhaps you have asked the question “Why be buried in a Catholic Cemetery?” There are many reasons to be buried in holy ground. Our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. Washed in the waters of Baptism, anointed with Holy Chrism and nourished by the Bread of Life, in the Eucharist, we are initiated into the community of the Church. We share in the Divine Life and are united with the Lord and to our brothers and sisters in the Communion of Saints. United to the Community of Faith in life, would we not want to be buried with those with whom we have shared the life of faith?