July 21, 2023 “Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the Lord delivers them in times of trouble. The Lord protects and preserves them — they are counted among the blessed in the land… The Lord sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed...
July 20, 2023 “The most beautiful people I’ve known are those who have known trials, have known struggles, have known loss, and have found their way out of the depths.” – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Grief alters our lives forever, in ways we least expect. Four years...
July 19, 2023 Immortality By Clare Harner Do not standBy my grave, and weep.I am not there,I do not sleep—I am the thousand winds that blowI am the diamond glints in snowI am the sunlight on ripened grain,I am the gentle, autumn rain.As you awake with morning’s hush,I...
July 18, 2023 “For your every tear, know that I’ll always be here. To bear one pain we both will share, know I’ll never disappear.” – Anthony Liccione Men and women describe their grief differently. The sense of loss and shock we all feel is so...
July 17, 2023 “We are under sentence of death, an extinction without remembrance or memorial, and we cling to life and to the present. This causes bitterness and anguish. But Christ will cure us of this clinging and then we will be free and joyful, even in the night.”...
July 16, 2023 “We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world – the company of those who have known suffering.” – Helen Keller When Peter died, everyone had a story to tell. As they paraded by his wife and daughters at the wake, everyone...