[Magdalen] Another Bereavement

[Susan Hagen]

Dear Christopher,
Prayers rising for your father's repose, for your loss, for all the
sadness of the situation.

Susan

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 9:21 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Music has always been a great comfort to me in times of sorrow,and the
> Brahms Requiem is the one I usually reach for. Yesterday afternoon,
> however, I stumbled across this wonderful requiem by a composer I'm only
> vaguely familiar with, and found it both comforting (I was missing my son)
> and triumphant. Perhaps you will also find it so, Christopher--or anyone
> else in need of comfort.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpTQEf_luLY&list=RDEMO_gOaGJMJ0XbkmeP0m5mrA&index=1
>
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 7:50 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am so sorry, Christopher.  May your father rest in eternal peace with the
>> saints in light.  May you be comforted in your grief.
>>
>> Ginga
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 1:57 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
>> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > The handbells have an incredible serene beauty to them. I can imagine
>> that
>> > was a wonderful thing for you at this difficult time.
>> >
>> > 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, Mar 16, 2016 at 1:50 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>> > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > In a message dated 3/15/2016 10:33:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> > > cervus51 at gmail.com writes:
>> > >
>> > > did  manage to get to a mass this evening which felt like the right
>> > > thing. Your  prayers are, of course, welcome.>>>>>>
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > May he rest in peace.
>> > >
>> > > When my mother died at 98 in 1998 on a Saturday afternoon, I felt
>> > > the need to head to church, and did so at the cavernous Basilica
>> > > of Saint Mary nearby.  It so happened that the handbell choir  from
>> > > the Hennepin Avenue Methodist Church just across the street was
>> > > ringing the prelude there, plus the Offertory, Communion and
>> > recessional.
>> > > The selections were all JS Bach arrangements from his "Wachet Auf"
>> > > Cantata.
>> > > It was a real ecumenical melange very appropriate to my mother's
>> > > mentality,
>> > > and was a good choice for me.as well.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > David Strang.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > >
>> >
>>



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