Tag: death
There is significance in the end of things because Christ has...
"There is significance in the end of things," my son Jacob once said, long before young men should think such thoughts, much less have...
The focus of our prayer this month is not on us,...
Those of us who have experienced the death of a loved one, even if we believe that she or he has gone to a...
It’s good to think about Purgatory in prayer and literature as...
"This mountain's of such sort that climbing it is hardest at the start; but as we rise, the slope grows less unkind."
The speaker is...
‘Samaritanus bonus’ from Vatican affirms accompanying the dying as Mary did...
WASHINGTON -- Michaela Gallagher was a 16-year-old volunteer at the Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence for the elderly poor in Somerville,...
In the age of COVID-19, our usual way of grieving is...
Some days, the losses we have sustained from the COVID-19 pandemic seem almost too great to comprehend.
So many families and friends are mourning the...
Pandemic means delayed grief for those who mourn
Three weeks after her husband died, I called the widow to see how she was doing. Sadly, the man had died shortly after the...
Delaware Hospice to host April 16 Cocktails & Caskets Facebook Live...
Delaware Hospice will host "Cocktails & Caskets," a Facebook Live event on Thursday, April 16 from 5:30-6 p.m. The online event will cover the...
Diocese of Albany mourns loss of longtime priest who died in...
ALBANY, N.Y.-- A longtime priest of the Diocese of Albany, died tragically Oct. 31, when he was caught was caught up in flash flooding...