It also counsels that the cremains then be buried in blessed ground. This provides a place to visit and to pray. Many cemeteries allow cremains to be buried on top of another grave, or for two or more cremains to be buried in the same cemetery plot. Entombment in a mausoleum also provides a place and many opportunities to pray and remember. As time goes by, that place to visit and remember becomes very important indeed.
Some people travel to Europe to visit the graves of their ancestors and family members.
A visit to Arlington National Cemetery can't help but touch us deeply. It is greatly to be preferred t hat the funeral liturgy take place in the presence of the body of the deceased prior to its cremation. This quote, from the Vatican Indult regarding allowing cremains to come to Church expresses the feelings of the Church. The presence of the body shows reverence for the body, can contribute toward our belief in resurrection of the body, and provides the closure of seeing the body of the deceased. Until a short time ago, the Catholic Church didn't allow cremains to come to Church.