6 September 2021
Grieve, But Not Without Hope
Of
necessity we must be sorrowful when those whom we love leave us in death.
Although we know that they have not left us behind forever but only gone ahead
of us, still when death seizes our loved one, our loving hearts are saddened by
death itself. Thus the apostle Paul does not tell us not to grieve but “not to
grieve like those who are without hope. Let us grieve, therefore, over the
necessity of losing our loved ones in death but with the hope of being reunited
with them. If we are afflicted we still find consolation. Our weakness weights
us down, but faith bears us up. We sorrow over the human condition, but find
our healing in the divine promise.
St
Augustine Of Hippo
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