February 8, 2024 In the Book of Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8, we are told there is an appointed time for everything and every affair under Heaven — to be born, to die, to weep and to laugh, to mourn and to dance. Sometimes so much of our time is consumed by loss that we forget...
February 7, 2024 Broken Chain By Ron Tranmer We little knew that morning,God was going to call your name.In life we loved your dearly,In death we do the same.It broke our hearts to lose you,You did not go alone,For part of us went with youthe day God called you...
February 6, 2024 Jean Leitz’s mother Ann died several years ago, and for many months, Jean was her 24/7 caregiver after she suffered a stroke. Her mother was an inspiration in Jean’s work at St. Peter Cemetery in Danbury, where as a Footstone Specialist, she takes...
February 5, 2024 “One of the great insights of prayer is that our lives are not in our control.”— Sister Wendy Beckett Sister Wendy Beckett, the acclaimed art historian whose bestselling books and BBC documentaries enthralled millions, wrote a book on prayer near the...
February 4, 2024 What exactly is Heaven? We talk a lot about it and going there should be our life’s goal. Millions of words have been written about Heaven, and in recent years there have been numerous accounts of people who died and went there and got a glimpse of it...
February 3, 2024 “How shall I … go on?”— Queen Victoria Many of the mourning customs we observe today had their origins in Victorian England. V. Costello, author of “Victorian Death Rituals: The History of Mourning,” said, “Middle and lower-class women would go to...
