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MT, peace go with you today! My boss once said: “There’s a difference between ‘healing” and ‘cure’. Not all are cured, but everyone is healed.” Amen.
What better life than one that ends by going with G-d.
Peace and comfort to those left behind.
Two thoughts from the funeral Mass today, which was held on Vassar College’s campus in their chapel.
The Vassar chaplain said that although we are sad, “our hearts are broken with love, and we rejoice.”
The priest who gave the homily asked us to pray, “Andrew, you do not belong to death but to Christ.” Amen.
What a lovely Thanksgiving eve gift for us all. Thank you.
Something to ponder. I had an encounter with the miraculous myself recently – something akin to Lourdes, in its own way. My priest reminded us all that healing can come in many different forms, and what is granted is what we need, not what we want, and that healing may be physical, or it may be spiritual. I would hazard a guess that your friend did find healing at Lourdes, but it was not for your or I to say with any certainty what that was. Perhaps he had anxieties for the lives of his family? Perhaps he had his own, and The Lord assured him. We cannot know. But I would say he very likely was healed of something, something that helped him to die at greater peace.
Someone wrote to us after we lost our son, “It is a joy to mourn as believers.” I think of that often and believe it is so true.
Thanks MT, what a wonderful post!