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Am 8:4-7; 1Tim 2:1-8; Lk 16:1-13 “If it is possible, I would give anything to have him back.” This is not a line from a sad love song, at least not one that I know. It is actually a heartfelt prayer that I said to God a few months ago when my father suddenly passed […]
Psalm 31: Have mercy on me, O Lord,For I am in distress.Tears have wasted my eyes,My throat and my heart.For my life is spent with sorrowAnd my years with sighs.Affliction has broken down my strengthAnd my bones waste away.In the face of all my foesI am a reproach,An object of scorn to my neighborsAnd of […]
Last September, my husband and I went on a beach trip. It was the second time in our 11 years of marriage that we had gone on a trip alone that wasn’t a hospital stay. It was a few short weeks after I discovered I had miscarried our fifth baby, Bridget. I was still overcome […]
Easter is for those who are suffering, for those who are grieving—because it is only through the experience of the cross that we can fully appreciate the reality of Easter.
by bcadmin | Oct 19, 2020 | Brooklyn Park, Chemotherapy, Doug Eidem, Father Paul Jarvis, Grief, healing, Help, Hope, Hy-Vee, Local News, News, St. Gerard, St. Vincent cemetery, suicide | 0 |
Just days before turning 65 in March 2018, Doug Eidem decided to end his life before the birthday candles could be lit.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 4, 2020 | Associated Press, Books, Church in the US, Faith, Grief, News, U.S. Military, U.S. Navy | 0 |
Char Fontan Westfall of northern St. Johns County, whose Navy SEAL husband was killed in a scene depicted in the movie “Lone Survivor,” has written a book, “A Beautiful Tragedy,” about his death 15 years ago.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 25, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Death and dying, Grief, News | 0 |
The quiet victims during the worldwide coronavirus pandemic have been those grieving the death of a loved one.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 10, 2020 | death, Faith at Home, Featured, God, Grief, Loss, Love, Mercy, News, Parenting | 0 |
February is a tough month for our family, bringing the anniversaries of our twins’ deaths. Each year I find myself answering hard questions from our sons about their sisters. Why did they die? Where are they now? Will I get to see them again?
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