2 Nov 2024
Somewhere Between Grief and Hope
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For 2 November 2024, All Souls Day, based on 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18
We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died. For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will by no means precede those who have died. For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel’s call and with the sound of God’s trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be with the Lord for ever. Therefore encourage one another with these words.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
03 November 2024 @ 2:26 am
Thank you. I loved your opening poem, by the way.
05 November 2024 @ 3:15 am
Fr. Richard – Thank you so much for today’s reflection. Died and dead have been words that I have often thought should be used and revered. The poem you shared is appreciated.