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Okay, so maybe you were trying to be helpful and maybe not. This is one fire that doesnt need stoking. The Torah gives us commandments like in parashas mishpatim in Shemos/Exodus 23:13 “Be careful regarding everything I have said to you. The name of the gods of others you shall not mention, nor shall your mouth cause it to be heard”. Idol worship is so serious that one is forbidden even to speak of idols or be the cause of others mentioning them. This includes your god jesus, the cross, and the many statues and saints, etc. My half siblings buried my father embalmed and in an open casket in a catholic church overseas. Perhaps this is just a tradition on the catholic side of my family, but I would be very upset if it extended to my mother. I do not ask these questions in vain. So, I did a little research and it turns out I can and should be a casket bearer, read psalms, take comfort in my Judaism. I still can not and will not pray in the cathedral, but can and will say prayers once outside and graveside. Good luck in finding your answers, as well. It seems there is much for you to learn about other faiths and about subsets of your own faith.