[Magdalen] Another Bereavement

[Judy Fleener]

Dear Christopher, You are in my prayers.  Judy

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 11:54 PM, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > --
> >> > >
> >> >
> >>
>
>
>
> --
> The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among
> you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the
> land of Egypt.
> Leviticus 19:34
>



-- 
Judy Fleener, ObJN
Western Michigan