*HUGS*
I did not go in to work today. A dear old friend of mine, a Navy Vet, a co-parishioner, a Brother Knight of Columbus, a long-time basso profundo in our Parish Choir, a stalwart disciple of our Lord Jesus Christ, and an all-around good guy, went to his reward last Saturday.
We celebrated his Requiem Mass in our Church and laid him to rest in our Church Cemetery today. I had the honor of raising my voice in song with our Choir to mark his passing and speed him on his way.
Another Saint joining the ranks of the Church Triumphant!
"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"
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This is the Arabic character "nun" – the first letter of the word "Nazarene." I post it as my avatar in solidarity with people of all faiths suffering persecution at the hands of Islam. Many of them are members of the oldest of our Christian Communities, dating from the days of the Apostles. They endure cruel, merciless and unrelenting persecution. They are Orthodox and Catholic, Protestant and Evangelical, Coptic, Pentecostal, and Baptist. To the persecutors they, and we, are all "Nazarenes." |