I just finished saying the rosary for my Grandma S. who passed away in 2001. Today is her birthday. I love you Grandma. I remember your smile and the good times I had playing at your house. Also- I remember your "Grandma S. face" that I used to imitate to the pleasure of my family!
We seem to give them back to thee, O God, who
gavest them to us. Yet as thou didst not lose them in
giving, so do we not lose them by thier return. Not as
the world giveth, givest thou, O lover of souls. What
thou givest, thou takest not away, for what is thine is
ours also if we are thine. And life is eternal and love is
immortal, and death is only an horizon, and an
horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight. Lift us
up, strong Son of God, that we may see further;
cleanse our eyes that we may see more clearly: draw us
closer to thyself that we may know ourselves to be
nearer to our loved ones who are with thee. And while
thou dost prepare a place for us, prepare us also for
that happy place, that where thou art we may be also
for evermore. Amen.
Bede Jarrett
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