May 24, 2023 If heaven If heaven was an hour, it would be twilight,When the fireflies start their dancing on the lawn,And supper’s on the stove and mamma’s laughin’And everybody’s workin’ day is done. If heaven was a town, it would be my townOn a summer day in...
May 23, 2023 “Catholic prayer and ritual can be an important element of the healing process. They provide a framework of faith for us to overcome our sadness and anger….They allow us to express our deepest thoughts and feelings about loss and death.”– St....
May 22, 2023 “The accidents of life separate us from our dearest friends, but let us not despair. God is like a looking glass in which souls see each other. The more we are united to him by love, the nearer we are to those who belong to him.”– St....
May 21, 2023 “Everyone’s grief story is complicated … they just don’t want to talk about it..”– Carolyn Killian So much grief deals with guilt, according to Carolyn Killian, Director of Bereavement for Catholic Cemeteries in the Diocese of Bridgeport. We...
May 20, 2023 “A good laugh heals a lot of hurts.”– Madeleine L’Engle We’ve all been to those movies where the critic says, “You’ll laugh, you’ll cry.” The emotional highs and the emotional lows. That’s life. And that’s life when death appears. After...
May 19, 2023 “We do not remember days, we remember moments.”– Cesare Pavese Some loss is a long time coming. After ten years, Joe’s mother was re-diagnosed with cancer, and it spread to her bones. The doctors gave her six months to live. But God had other...
