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

[Joseph Cirou]

I am so sorry Jay. We will pray for his repose at our Theophany Liturgy on Sunday. May his memory be eternal and may God lift him gently into His expanded life where there is no sorrow or crying! 

Joe

-----Original Message-----
>From: Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
>Sent: Dec 29, 2015 5:35 PM
>To: "magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>, L R <houstonklr at gmail.com>
>Subject: [Magdalen] a death in the family--prayers please
>
>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.