One a day.
12/26-12/27/2009
A sew months ago, I asked my friends here to pray for my Uncle Jim because he was very ill. He recovered from his illness only partially and very slowly. On Christmas eve, he went back into the hospital with a kidney infection that was causing fluid to build up in his body. We have been burning prayer candles for him for the past few days. Last night, my cousin informed us that the doctors hold very little hope that he will pull through this time. We have not heard from her since and do not yet know if he made it through the night.
This picture has some strong imagery related to our faith and our family. In the 23rd Psalm, King David wrote "Even though I walk in the dark valley, I fear no evil for you are at my side". Our hope is always that these words are never more true than at the hour of our death. The rosary draped over the bible represents the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, a prayer that has particular power when prayed in the presence of a person who is passing out of this life. The beads are used to keep count during this long prayer. The rose is a symbol of eternal life in heaven and the evergreen is a reminder of God's never ending love. The Nativity statue was made by my grandmother not long before she passed from her life with us. The Angel may or may not have a particularly strong meaning right now. If I should hear that my uncle has passed, I will post the "Song of Farewell" that the angel represents in which we ask the angels to "Receive his soul and present him to God the Most High". The candle represents two things. It represents our prayers and it represents a custom in which we light a candle upon the passing of a loved one to symbolically light their way to heaven.
A sew months ago, I asked my friends here to pray for my Uncle Jim because he was very ill. He recovered from his illness only partially and very slowly. On Christmas eve, he went back into the hospital with a kidney infection that was causing fluid to build up in his body. We have been burning prayer candles for him for the past few days. Last night, my cousin informed us that the doctors hold very little hope that he will pull through this time. We have not heard from her since and do not yet know if he made it through the night.
This picture has some strong imagery related to our faith and our family. In the 23rd Psalm, King David wrote "Even though I walk in the dark valley, I fear no evil for you are at my side". Our hope is always that these words are never more true than at the hour of our death. The rosary draped over the bible represents the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, a prayer that has particular power when prayed in the presence of a person who is passing out of this life. The beads are used to keep count during this long prayer. The rose is a symbol of eternal life in heaven and the evergreen is a reminder of God's never ending love. The Nativity statue was made by my grandmother not long before she passed from her life with us. The Angel may or may not have a particularly strong meaning right now. If I should hear that my uncle has passed, I will post the "Song of Farewell" that the angel represents in which we ask the angels to "Receive his soul and present him to God the Most High". The candle represents two things. It represents our prayers and it represents a custom in which we light a candle upon the passing of a loved one to symbolically light their way to heaven.
12/26-12/27/2009
A sew months ago, I asked my friends here to pray for my Uncle Jim because he was very ill. He recovered from his illness only partially and very slowly. On Christmas eve, he went back into the hospital with a kidney infection that was causing fluid to build up in his body. We have been burning prayer candles for him for the past few days. Last night, my cousin informed us that the doctors hold very little hope that he will pull through this time. We have not heard from her since and do not yet know if he made it through the night.
This picture has some strong imagery related to our faith and our family. In the 23rd Psalm, King David wrote "Even though I walk in the dark valley, I fear no evil for you are at my side". Our hope is always that these words are never more true than at the hour of our death. The rosary draped over the bible represents the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, a prayer that has particular power when prayed in the presence of a person who is passing out of this life. The beads are used to keep count during this long prayer. The rose is a symbol of eternal life in heaven and the evergreen is a reminder of God's never ending love. The Nativity statue was made by my grandmother not long before she passed from her life with us. The Angel may or may not have a particularly strong meaning right now. If I should hear that my uncle has passed, I will post the "Song of Farewell" that the angel represents in which we ask the angels to "Receive his soul and present him to God the Most High". The candle represents two things. It represents our prayers and it represents a custom in which we light a candle upon the passing of a loved one to symbolically light their way to heaven.
A sew months ago, I asked my friends here to pray for my Uncle Jim because he was very ill. He recovered from his illness only partially and very slowly. On Christmas eve, he went back into the hospital with a kidney infection that was causing fluid to build up in his body. We have been burning prayer candles for him for the past few days. Last night, my cousin informed us that the doctors hold very little hope that he will pull through this time. We have not heard from her since and do not yet know if he made it through the night.
This picture has some strong imagery related to our faith and our family. In the 23rd Psalm, King David wrote "Even though I walk in the dark valley, I fear no evil for you are at my side". Our hope is always that these words are never more true than at the hour of our death. The rosary draped over the bible represents the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, a prayer that has particular power when prayed in the presence of a person who is passing out of this life. The beads are used to keep count during this long prayer. The rose is a symbol of eternal life in heaven and the evergreen is a reminder of God's never ending love. The Nativity statue was made by my grandmother not long before she passed from her life with us. The Angel may or may not have a particularly strong meaning right now. If I should hear that my uncle has passed, I will post the "Song of Farewell" that the angel represents in which we ask the angels to "Receive his soul and present him to God the Most High". The candle represents two things. It represents our prayers and it represents a custom in which we light a candle upon the passing of a loved one to symbolically light their way to heaven.