- who usually does not talk about faith issues at all
(but acts them out continuously)
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[she] is in a place right now where she wants/seeks/thinks she needs visible, concrete images of a God she can wrap her arms around.....or who can wrap arms around her.
I think Faith is a gift from God that grows within us .....and in part allows us to accept the support of our brothers and sisters as coming from God.
I think God sends angels into our lives - when we need them most.
We just need to recognize them when they come.
The prayer you sent her seems exactly right for her circumstance.
I hope she can see that in thoses beautifully expressed thoughts.
Well, sigh...that was very poetic and uplifting, thank you, Juan.
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So, not to put you on the spot, but do you have any belief that we see people again, in some form, after death?
yes, I do..
life this cool probably doesn't end
love this precious needs further development!
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Also did you ever read Stranger in A Strange Land (Heinlein)? I read it, of course in the 60s, and do intend to read it again now to see what I think. I liked the Thou Art God philosophy.....
I grok.
I might re-read that simultaneously - then we could discuss
I wasn’t in for very long before a good friend of mine got “in” and also witnessed to her grandmother. The grandmother took the class and loved it. She thrilled at knowing so much cool stuff at her age (mid 80’s) when having been an RC for that time, she knew nothing.
She hung out with us…went to ROA’s eventually took the Advanced Class etc.She was an exemplary wafer until she became ill and soon passed away.
She planned her funeral and decided to be buried by the RC church and I was shocked!
My friend told me her grandmother never let go of her RC friends and they never knew she wasn’t going to church because everybody went to different masses etc….but she knew that we wafers knew the truth but her RC friends needed the comfort of a familiar ritual….so that’s what she wanted.
When my father passed away, my mother actually had hallucinations, more than once, that he came into her room and sat on the bed. (We have come to believe that these were Lyme-caused, triggered by the stress of grief.)
My mom takes great comfort in believing that my dad is with her, talking to her. Should I break into her peace to "set her straight" that the dead are not alive now?
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this response from a close friend
- who usually does not talk about faith issues at all
(but acts them out continuously)
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dmiller
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Great analogy! No limit to either the fish or glimpses of Divinity caught.
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yes, I do..
life this cool probably doesn't end
love this precious needs further development!
I grok.
I might re-read that simultaneously - then we could discuss
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from my friend
subsequently (sensing that my friend's intuition, if not her specific recommendation, is correct)
-- to S...
Subj.: Your loved one
is all around you...
She is with you and watching over you.
She will be your guardian angel.
I believe she is experiencing ultimate bliss
her deepest (perhaps even unknown) heart's desires....
Her peace and joy are unimaginable to us.
And I think a great love from her is available to you.
[sometimes the pastoral outweighs the doctrinal.]
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excathedra
very loving and very nice. thank you
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I wasn’t in for very long before a good friend of mine got “in” and also witnessed to her grandmother. The grandmother took the class and loved it. She thrilled at knowing so much cool stuff at her age (mid 80’s) when having been an RC for that time, she knew nothing.
She hung out with us…went to ROA’s eventually took the Advanced Class etc.She was an exemplary wafer until she became ill and soon passed away.
She planned her funeral and decided to be buried by the RC church and I was shocked!
My friend told me her grandmother never let go of her RC friends and they never knew she wasn’t going to church because everybody went to different masses etc….but she knew that we wafers knew the truth but her RC friends needed the comfort of a familiar ritual….so that’s what she wanted.
Taught me a thing or 2!
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Hi Krys...reminds me of tha saying,,,,,,dont get above ya raisin! Life really is small when ya take away all the disguises ain't it?
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When my father passed away, my mother actually had hallucinations, more than once, that he came into her room and sat on the bed. (We have come to believe that these were Lyme-caused, triggered by the stress of grief.)
My mom takes great comfort in believing that my dad is with her, talking to her. Should I break into her peace to "set her straight" that the dead are not alive now?
Not on your life.
Regards,
Shaz
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Shellon
Is there life after death?
I just have to look into my children's eyes and see their father.
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