[Magdalen] a death in the family--prayers please

[Marilyn Cepeda]

Jay, I am so sorry to hear this. Sending my love and prayers to you.

Marilyn
On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 7:21 PM Esther Williamson <momohl1 at cox.net> wrote:

> Thank you, Georgia.
> Esther
>
> On 12/29/2015 7:58 PM, Georgia DuBose wrote:
> > For any members of the pub who may wish to say formal prayers for Adam,
> but
> > are not sure where to start, one way to do it is to begin on page 464 of
> > the BCP with the Lord's Prayer, the Freedom prayer, the Commendations,
> and
> > then say the Vigil on 465, concluding in the middle of 466.
> >
> > A good prayer for Jay and her family is on p. 494 in the middle of the
> page.
> >
> > Georgia+
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 2:35 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear pubbies, I wanted to let you know that my son Adam, for whom we've
> all
> >> been praying very hard this past year or so, could no longer bear the
> pain
> >> he was dealing with and took his life today.  Very strangely, I was
> almost
> >> not surprised when Jonathan called to tell me. I feel like I have been
> >> watching this coming for the last year, almost like watching an accident
> >> happening in slow motion.
> >>
> >> Jonathan is taking this very hard. He and Betsy have tried so hard to
> help
> >> Adam and he especially feels like he failed him somehow. I tried to tell
> >> him that he did all he could but sometimes you just can't help. I
> haven't
> >> talked to Betsy yet. She and Adam were very close and this coming on
> top of
> >> losing her dad and her grandmother in the last couple of years is bound
> to
> >> be another blow. It's also going to be very hard on Isaak and on Betsy's
> >> boys, who loved their Uncle Adam dearly.
> >>
> >> I don't know what arrangements will be. The only request Adam made was
> that
> >> he be buried in a Veterans' cemetery.
> >>
>
> --
Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda
Mobile, Alabama