Posted on 09/22/2007 9:34:59 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother
Good evening to all.
I'd like to ask everybody's prayers for a friend who has fought a long and valiant struggle against cancer, but has come to the end of the fight. She's in hospice now, and it's only a matter of days before the Lord calls her home. She is a beautiful little lady, very faithful, very kind, and always busy in and around the church. She was in our handbell choir during her last remission, and played the bells next to me until she became too ill to continue.
Please pray that she suffer as little as possible, that Christ welcome her home, and that her family be comforted, especially her husband who is a deacon at our church and loves her so much. He is probably in greatest need of our prayers.
"For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes."
Please pray for Sandra.
Sandra went home to be with the Lord this morning.
Thank you all for your prayers. I'm sure they have helped her all this time and will continue to help her before the Throne.
"I AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die.
I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though this body be destroyed, yet shall I see God: whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger."
Notre père, qui êtes aux cieux!
Que votre nom soit sanctificié. Que votre règne vienne.
Que votre volonté soit faite, sur la terre comme au ciel.
Donnez-nous aujourd'hui notre poindre ce jour.
Pardonnez-nous nos offenses, comme nous pardonnons aussi a ceux, qui nous ont offensés,
et ne nous soumetez pas à la tentation, mais délivrez-nous du mal.
Car c'est à toi qu'appartiènne, le régne, la puissance et la gloire, pour les siècles des siècles.
Amen.
Je vous salue, Marie, pleine de grâces,
le Seigneur est avec vous, vous êtes bénie entre toutes les femmes,
et Jésus le fruit de vos entrailles est béni.
Sainte Marie, Mère de Dieu, priez pour nous pauvres pécheurs,
maintenant, et à l'heure de notre mort. Ainsi-soit-il.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
Prayers for you and Sandra’s family.
Prayers for her and the family . . . I’m glad she and they had that respite toward the end!
Prayer bump for those loved ones grieving the loss of Sandra.
Prayers for the repose of Sandra’s soul in the loving arms of God Almighty, and the comfort and consolation of family and friends.
I’m so sorry. Prayers for her family and loved ones.
May she rest in peace. Prayers for her family.
May Sandra rest in God’s peace.
Prayers for and condolences to her family and friends.
Time is but a moment, but how we live and glorify those moments......
In all seriousness, you read that and you see that this is a blessing. To meet at last someone who has loved you achingly since before your grandparents were born, to meet at last your friend for life ...
May Sandra know ever more and more deeply the Love of God and may that same love console those who mourn.
“I know that my redeemer liveth...”
Thank you An American Mother for for your updates on Sandra.
May the God of all comfort and peace comfort you.
In Jesus’ Holy name.
Amen.
I will remember her at Mass this evening and listen carefully for her heavenly bells when she finally enters Eternity.
I am so sorry for your loss, and the loss all those who loved her are feeling at this time.
Being Christian, I know where she is at this moment. And, I can hear the words, “Welcome Home, Sandra!”
When I lost someone very close to me, another Christian friend sent me a book, titled, “Peace of Mind”, by Rabbi Joshua Loth Liebman.
A beautiful excerpt from this book:
*****
“I often feel that death is not the enemy of life, but its friend, for it is the knowledge that our years are limited which makes them so precious.
It is the truth that time is but lent to us, which makes us, at our best, look upon our years as a trust handed into our temporary keeping. We are like children, privileged to spend a day in a great park, a park filled with many playgrounds and azure tinted lakes with white boats sailing upon tranquil waves.
True, the day allotted to each one of us is not the same in length, in light, in beauty. Some children of earth are privileged to spend a long sunlit day in the garden of the earth.
For others, the day is shorter, cloudier, and dusk descends more quickly as in a winter’s tale.
But, whether our life is a long summery day or a short wintry afternoon, we know that inevitably there are storms and squalls which overcast even the bluest heaven and there are sunlit rays which pierce the darkest autumn sky. The day that we are privileged to spend in the great park of life is not the same for all human beings, but there is enough beauty and joy and gaiety in the hours if we will but treasure them.
Then, for each one of us the moment comes when the great nurse, death, takes man, the child, by the hand and quietly says, “It is time to go home. Night is coming. It is your bedtime, child of earth. Come, you’re tired.”
Lie down at last in the quiet nursery of nature and sleep. Sleep well. The day is gone. Stars shine in the canopy of eternity”.
*****
And you are now in the arms of our Heavenly Father. Rest in Peace, Sandra.
A beautiful Child of God has entered into Eternal Joy ... may comfort surround those who rejoice, yet mourn, their beloved Sandra. Joyous reunion awaits.
Please God, take this dear lady home to be with You in Your Glory. Amen
Lord, be with Sandra during her final days. Amen
prayers for the repose of her soul and for the comfort of her loved ones. God has blessed her homecoming.
May Sandra rest in peace and the peace of the Lord be with her family.
May the Angels surround you with all the Love and Peace. May they lead you to the Gates of Heaven, there to enter into eternal life with our Lord. Peace!
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