Among the many signs of a lively faith and hope we have in eternal life, one of the surest is not being overly sad at the death of those whom we dearly love in our Lord.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The Lord is well aware of our mortality. He knows our weaknesses. He understands the challenges of our everyday lives. He has great empathy for the temptations of earthly appetites and passions.
We may not only find faith in God in our sorrow. We may also become faithful to Him in times of calm.
We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind. In the faith that looks through death, in years that bring the philosophic mind.
Today we bury his remains in the earth as a seed of immortality. Our hearts are full of sadness, yet at the same time of joyful hope and profound gratitude.
It is a great consolation for me to remember that the Lord, to whom I had drawn near in humble and child-like faith, has suffered and died for me, and that He will look on me in love and compassion.
I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness.
We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord.
It is a sign of creeping inner death when we can no longer praise the living.
Smiles, tears, of all my life! - and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.
We may thank God that we can feel pain and know sadness, for these are the human sentiments that constitute our glory as well as our grief.