se7en
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 Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:35 pm Post subject: This helped when Mom was sick |
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preface: When Mom was first in the hospital I went looking for something. I didn't know what. I rode for an hour.
Although she raised me Catholic, I made my own choices when I thought I was old enough. Today, I'm not a religious man but I do believe in God. I don't believe, much, in the church but when I was looking for something that day I ended up at a church that I haven't stepped into in many many years.
I went in and sat in the back pew and listened to the choir practice and warm up before mass. I leaned forward and looking into the shelf on the back of the pew a couple rows ahead I began feeling ignorant. I didn't know which book was which. I knew one had songs, another has readings and the other books I wasn't quite sure about. I picked out the red book 'cause it stood out. On the cover was written, 'Sunday Missal'. I turn to that days date and started reading. What I read had an profound affect on me that I am only realizing now, but that day I knew I wanted to retain this reading. I had no pen, no paper. I had my cell phone. I started typing ...
Text: St. Peter's Church
Sunday June 29, '08
2nd reading
Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18
As for me,
I am already being poured out as a libation,
and the time of my departure has come.
I have fought the good fight,
I have finished the race,
I have kept the faith.
From now on there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness,
which the Lord,
the righteous judge,
will give me on that day,
and not only to me but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
The Lord stood by me and gave me strength,
so that through me the message might fully be proclaimed
and all the Gentiles might hear it.
So I was rescued from the lions mouth.
The lord will rescue me from every evil attack
and save me for his heavenly kingdom.
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Certain parts of that stood out and still stand out in my mind, through her illness and with her memories these words have helped me.
I read them at her funeral.
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. Glad that you found comfort in it and thank you for sharing.
