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Wm777
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I met an elderly lady Thursday who’s brother (her only surviving relative) passed away Wednesday morning.
We talked for about half an hour, and she was crying.
As an asperger’s person, I’m not always very good at being sympathetic, but - in this particular case - it wasn’t hard to genuinely feel very bad for her and really try to do something positive, yet appropriate to try to console her.
She was visiting from out of town, and she needed a place just to be at peace. I knew of a very good local Franciscan Shrine in a nearby rural community that has always seemed the perfect place to reflect and pray, so I recommended she go there for awhile. She was so distraught, I also gave her my cell number in case she needed anything at all, like just to talk or something. After a few hours she did call back me to let me know visiting the Shrine helped.
She was obviously still very upset, and, even after more than half of a day - I cannot help but feel very badly for her. So I was just wanting to ask people to pray for her. Please keep her - and other people like her - in your prayers.
Somehow I think the best thing to do is ask the Angels for assistance in these matters.
The counsels of an Angel can let us know there is a glorious and heavenly life beyond the worldly existence we all know here. What lies beyond is unknown to us, but her brother is most likely very much at peace after what was a very long-lived illness. And, while I didn’t tell her this (although, painfully, she knows it herself), she too will be there in awhile. No one likes that part… having to pass over… because it separates us from the one’s we love… even if only for a time… But, like Jesus said, it’s only for a little while… and - when we reach the other side… when the time of our sojourning here is completely fulfilled… We find hope in Christ to see that special light of God shining in its eternal splendor before us forever…
That seems worth remembering. I am only a human, though. My words cannot prove to be as strong as those of an Angel.
So - again - I think an Angel should send her the love and support and consolations she needs to strengthen her faith in the afterlife and all its goodness.
It would be worth posting a prayer for it.
God’s blessings to you all. And, if you have read this far, thank you abundantly for your kindness and charity.
We talked for about half an hour, and she was crying.
As an asperger’s person, I’m not always very good at being sympathetic, but - in this particular case - it wasn’t hard to genuinely feel very bad for her and really try to do something positive, yet appropriate to try to console her.
She was visiting from out of town, and she needed a place just to be at peace. I knew of a very good local Franciscan Shrine in a nearby rural community that has always seemed the perfect place to reflect and pray, so I recommended she go there for awhile. She was so distraught, I also gave her my cell number in case she needed anything at all, like just to talk or something. After a few hours she did call back me to let me know visiting the Shrine helped.
She was obviously still very upset, and, even after more than half of a day - I cannot help but feel very badly for her. So I was just wanting to ask people to pray for her. Please keep her - and other people like her - in your prayers.
Somehow I think the best thing to do is ask the Angels for assistance in these matters.
The counsels of an Angel can let us know there is a glorious and heavenly life beyond the worldly existence we all know here. What lies beyond is unknown to us, but her brother is most likely very much at peace after what was a very long-lived illness. And, while I didn’t tell her this (although, painfully, she knows it herself), she too will be there in awhile. No one likes that part… having to pass over… because it separates us from the one’s we love… even if only for a time… But, like Jesus said, it’s only for a little while… and - when we reach the other side… when the time of our sojourning here is completely fulfilled… We find hope in Christ to see that special light of God shining in its eternal splendor before us forever…
That seems worth remembering. I am only a human, though. My words cannot prove to be as strong as those of an Angel.
So - again - I think an Angel should send her the love and support and consolations she needs to strengthen her faith in the afterlife and all its goodness.
It would be worth posting a prayer for it.
God’s blessings to you all. And, if you have read this far, thank you abundantly for your kindness and charity.
- Wm
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