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

[Judy Fleener]

I am so sorry, Jay and I pray for Adam and all who moourn his loss.
Judy

On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 8:11 AM, Sally Davies <sally.davies at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'm so sorry to hear this, Jay. May God bless and comfort you and everyone
> who loved Adam.
>
> He may only have fallen now, but he's fallen in battle just the same. "At
> the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them".
>
> May whatever was bright about his life continue to shine in the lives of
> those who remember, and the darkness he walked through be forgotten in the
> everlasting Light.
>
> Sally D
>
> On Wednesday, December 30, 2015, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I recall a death mentioned on this or some such list a few years ago, and
> > the person was not what we would call a member of the faithful
> >
> > A person commented what a wonderful moment awaited them when, in utter
> > astonishment, they stepped out of their earthly bonds into eternity and
> > discovered the love awaiting them with open arms. I like that image very
> > much.
> >
> > James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> > *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> > except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 2:46 AM, Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com
> > <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > 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 <javascript:;>>
> > > >Sent: Dec 29, 2015 5:35 PM
> > > >To: "magdalen at herberthouse.org <javascript:;>" <
> > magdalen at herberthouse.org <javascript:;>>, Jay Weigel <
> > > jay.weigel at gmail.com <javascript:;>>, L R <houstonklr at gmail.com
> > <javascript:;>>
> > > >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.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>



-- 
Judy Fleener, ObJN
Western Michigan