tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post3501302785286895843..comments2024-02-15T03:32:25.686-05:00Comments on Preludium, Anglican and Episcopal futures: John 19:42: A Good Friday reflectionMark Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06871096746243771489noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-40788835573658114302008-03-22T14:16:00.000-04:002008-03-22T14:16:00.000-04:00Death is not always our enemy. For Jesus on the c...Death is not always our enemy. For Jesus on the cross, it was the moment of triumph. For many of us it is the moment of release.<BR/><BR/>The hymn has it, "where oh death is now thy sting." Without its finality, with the sting removed by Jesus, death is a portal, a time to move on. When my grandfather who had led an independant and full life died after a short period of illness, we celebrated. His eternal fate is something we never doubted.<BR/><BR/>FWIW<BR/>jimBJimBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312606954135884910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-42898586766974243772008-03-21T18:00:00.000-04:002008-03-21T18:00:00.000-04:00[I just got a call that this evening's GF services...[I just got a call that this evening's GF services at my church (St. James, Albion, MI) were snowed out---so blogs are my worship tonight.]<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this, Mark---<BR/><BR/>This past fall, as I was on death-watch for my mom (it took a week: the end of ALS, "Lou Gehrig's Disease"), I took a couple of hours off---because I "had to" go pet-sit for some friends (And, oh yeah, they had a hot tub I could use, too). <BR/><BR/>As I was sitting there soaking, I remember thinking "C'mon, Mom: Die Now! Right Now! While I'm 10 miles away!" *<BR/><BR/>"We become like the young man who ran naked away from the police": my brother, my self.<BR/><BR/><I>Lord have mercy.</I><BR/><BR/>[* She didn't---I was "sleeping" in the guest bed in the living room, when the night nurse came to tell me it was Finally Over. RIP, Mom.]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-23520937908754511082008-03-21T15:28:00.000-04:002008-03-21T15:28:00.000-04:00after listening to the wondrous service of St. Tho...after listening to the wondrous service of St. Thomas, NYCITY, on webcast, I felt emotionally exhausted yet hopeful.It reminded me of the services of DEan Stewart, now Bishop, in New Orleaans. Then I turned to your more immediate reflections and knew what I should do with my humbleness: "Stay with it, Stay with the grief and awe in kmowing the sufferiing. Stay with Jesus" <BR/>Thanks for showing me what to do. Anne FrancesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-264759781619074822008-03-21T14:40:00.000-04:002008-03-21T14:40:00.000-04:00Thank you for this, Mark. Blessings to you and you...Thank you for this, Mark. Blessings to you and your ministy(ies) this Holy Triduum.<BR/><BR/>Padre WaynePadre Waynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926481642813679088noreply@blogger.com