[Magdalen] Funeral Service at Saint Martin's, Houston.

[Joseph Cirou]

-----Original Message-----
>From: Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
>Sent: Apr 23, 2018 11:31 AM
>To: "magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Funeral Service at Saint Martin's, Houston.
>
>I've worked with literally hundreds of dying patients during my career and
>I am firmly of the belief that someone comes to guide you across at the
>end, and that they often appear days or even weeks before the person dies.
>It was not really a joke when one of us would ask another about a patient
>whom we perceived as, or knew to be terminal, "Are they starring at the
>corner yet?" because often that meant the patient was seeing something the
>rest of us couldn't. Sometimes the person was able to tell us who they were
>seeing or had seen. One of my favorite instances was a long-time friend
>from church who lived in the same building as another friend from work.
>She'd been in the hospital for some time, quite sick, and was slated to go
>home the next day. Sue, my friend from work, went to see her in the
>hospital to ask if there was anything she needed in her apartment, and in
>the course of their conversation, the lady said to her, "I saw Sam last
>night. He looked so young and handsome, and he asked me to come dancing
>with him." Sam was her late husband, and Sue said it gave her the chills.
>The lady died overnight, and I've often imagined her since, dancing off
>into the clouds with her beloved Sam.
>
>On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 2:39 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
>oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> My spouse and I are lucky in that both of us had parents who had a
>> long,stable marriage. My father-in-law passed a way a number of years ago,
>> and when my mother-in-law died, my wife drew comfort in the confidence that
>> Vince and Helen are together again. I have the same feeling about my own
>> parents.
>>
>> I remember many years ago, after my grandfather died, my mother commented
>> that the only thing that really kept her mother going without her husband
>> was the firm hope that she would see him again.
>>
>> I'm sure a lot of people believe that when we die, everything that was us
>> is annihilated, but I am grateful that most of them do not attempt to
>> ridicule my views on the matter or "set me straight.".
>>
>> There have been hundreds of incidents where someone nearing death reacted
>> to the sight of a loved one, often their mother coming to help them in the
>> transition. I'd say that's good evidence that families stay together on
>> some level at least. Not that any of us can say what happens after we die,
>> but the sheer volume of reports of this sort is encouraging for those who
>> believe there is life after death and that we see our beloved ones again.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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 Sun, Apr 22, 2018 at 11:41 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Interesting, because I’ve more or less heard that all my life, in
>> > Episcopal churches and others. The idea the the deceased will be reunited
>> > with those who have gone before. Have said it myself...
>> >
>> > > On Apr 22, 2018, at 8:22 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > I was struck by the rector’s mention of families re-united in heaven.
>> > > Like Episcopalians are flirting with Mormonism it seemed.
>> > > Never heard that before.
>> > > Is it a regional thing?
>> > > -M
>Our former Bishop of the ECC in Atlanta came from a Scots family. His father died in his late 50's from cancer before I met Steve (then Fr, then Bishop) Stephen Duncan Sinclair> >
>>After his father died, family members regularly saw Duncan their living room. The usual remark was, "I saw Dad last night" 

Joe Ciru