Choosing Christ's Healing in the Midst of Grief

On Christmas Day 2017, my father was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. By April he was gone, my world came crashing down, and I was thrown headlong into grief.

Letters, IdentityBethany SpringelmeyerDecember 11, 2019grief, catholic coping with loss, Healing, Suffering Comment

Finding the Love of God in the Loss of my Mother

Sisters, through tremendous sorrow, my eyes were opened to the greatest and most selfless true love, shown on the cross of Jesus Christ. My Jesus, who as He was dying was thinking not of Himself, but of others. Of us. Of you. Of me. My Jesus, who loves everyone no matter how blind to Him. I saw that selfless love reflected in my mom, who in her agony kept thinking of others. My mom, who, as she lay dying, was thinking of me

Spirituality, Letters, Relationship, NurtureHannah GrahamOctober 2, 2019grief, loss, Redemptive Suffering and Death, hope in suffering, catholic coping with loss, coping with grief, Living Peace Comment

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