Tagged: death

Praying for the Living and the Dead

A continuation of Liguorian’s series: The spiritual works of mercy Instructing the ignorant Counseling the doubtful Admonishing sinners Bearing wrongs patiently Forgiving offenses Comforting the afflicted Pray for the Living and the Dead In the crypts and upon some of the reliquaries found in many of the churches and basilicas...

Prearrange My Heart

My mother asked me to go with her to help prearrange her funeral. A little time has passed since she first asked. We haven’t gone yet, so I’ve had some time to think about it. Slogans like, “Save now, rest in peace later,” and, “We put them in the ground,...

Eschatology: The Last Four Things

Question: What are the four last things to be ever remembered?Answer: The four last things to be ever remembered are Death, Judgment, Hell, and Heaven. —The Penny Catechism It is a widely accepted axiom among people in publishing circles that books about cooking and dieting routinely draw a far greater...

“Ladybug, ladybug, fly away home…”

In this life, we see only fragments of God’s plan. God sees the whole of his creation, and it is good. Holding nine-day-old baby Peter, my daughter Sharla lingered with me at the table in her Chicago town-home kitchen. Her husband, David, washed lunch remainders from three-year-old Michael’s face. The...

When A Child Dies

Written by Martha Manning November 2000 Knowing about death and loss on an intellectual level never prepares us for the emotional upheaval of the actual experience. Click here to read the entire article  

Easter: Love’s Triumph Over Death

Written by Wendy M. Wright April 2001 Easter is a hope that death will not sever the bonds of love, that loss of one another here does not mean loss of one another forever. Click here to read the entire article