Christ Jesus, teach me to hope beyond grief ...

I Thessalonians 4:13-18

Unresolved grief can deal a deadly blow to our souls.  When I have loved someone deeply and they are ‘taken away’ – whether through death or ‘divorce’ (figurative or literal) or even separation –if I have no hope beyond grief, a part of my own soul can sicken and die. But if I behold my grief with prayer, I allow myself to be schooled by the Holy Spirit in a hope that reaches beyond despair. Then I can open up the possibility of growing new fruit in due season and so begin to live again in fullness of life.  How am I to find such life-sustaining hope? Teach me Holy Spirit how to hope through and beyond grief.

Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.  (Psalm 96:1)

Painful memories can be healed to gift rather than cripple us.
Dennis Linn SJ & Matthew Linn SJ in Healing Life’s Hurts

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