My brother Matt and I celebrated the life of our Mom today on the third anniversary of her passing first with Mass at Mount Carmel, lighting a candle for her in front of the Statue of St. Jude (her favorite saint), a walk through her favorite park, and then breakfast at The Daily Treat, almost …
“Blessed are they who mourn for they will be comforted” Matthew 5:4 Super grateful to David Kessler, FACHE, the world’s most renowned grief expert, for having completed his Grief Educator Certification Program and bringing his comprehensive and unique methodology, tools, and decades of experience to help us better navigate the many challenges associated with grief. …
The Search for Meaning in Your Grief “The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not “get over” the loss of a loved one, you will learn to live with it, you will heal and you will rebuild yourself around the loss you have suffered. You will be whole again but you will …
John Kinsella: “It’s so beautiful here.” Ray Kinsella: “Well for me it’s like a dream come true.” John Kinsella: “Can I ask you something? Is thisheaven?” Ray Kinsella: “It’s Iowa!” John Kinsella: “Iowa?” Ray Kinsella: “Yeah!” John Kinsella: “I could have sworn it was heaven.” Ray Kinsella: “Is there a heaven?” John Kinsella: “Oh yeah! It’s the place dreams cometrue.” Ray Kinsella: …
“Maybe the journey isn’t so much about becoming anything. Maybe it’s about un-becoming everything that isn’t really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.” Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist and The Pilgrimage The Call of the Camino Today I leave for what I hope will be …
“But I keep waiting for the night. I close my eyes and hope you’ll find me sleeping. Cause in my dreams, we can spend a little time just talking. In my dreams, we are side by side just walking. Oh, the feelings that we used to know. The places we used to go are still there in my …
“There’s a grief that can’t be spoken, there’s a pain goes on and on. Empty chairs at empty tables, now my friends are dead and gone.” Lyrics from the song Empty Chairs at Empty Tables from the Broadway musical Les Misérables, Herbert Kretzmer (1985) That Discomfort We Are Feeling is Grief for All of Those …
But they pleaded with Him, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening and the day is almost over.” So He went in to stay with them. Luke 24: 29, The Road to Emmaus Saturday, May 9, 2020 Dear Jack: It’s hard to believe but somehow you made it through the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. It …
“Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.” 1 Corinthians 13: 7-8 A heartfelt thank you to the Diocese of Trenton’s Pastoral Care Training Program (PCTP), to its Program Director Deanna Sass and assistant Deborah D’Agostaro, and to the many talented Program Instructors – Fr. Cesar Rubiano, Dr. Zeni Fox, Sandy and …
“But I keep waiting for the night. I close my eyes and hope you’ll find me sleeping. Cause in my dreams, we can spend a little time just talking. In my dreams, we are side by side just walking. Oh, the feelings that we used to know. The places we used to go are still there in …
