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

[Grace Cangialosi]

Jay, I just saw your post on FB--it's lovely. I'm keeping all of you in my prayers. Are you in TN now?

> On Dec 30, 2015, at 12:21 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Sally, that is absolutely beautiful. I would like to use it on the Facebook
> post I am preparing about him, and also in the funeral bulletin. It
> expresses so well what I feel. Thank you.
> 
> 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.
>>