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

[Marion Thompson]

Thank you, Georgia.  I have my BCP, the one that went south with me to 
the Washington listmeet so there is a special link, and I will retire 
shortly to say these prayers for Adam and for Jay and her family.  Thank 
you.

Marion, a pilgrim

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.
>>