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Living Memento Mori: A Summary
Hello readers! Last January I began writing a series of reflections, 15 in all, on what it means or might look like to live Memento Mori in the context of the stations of the cross. I’ve summarized the takeaways from each of my reflections below. Each one is clickable and will take you to the post…
Memento Mori Part 15: The Bright and Morning Star has Risen!
If you’re really sick or chronically ill, your prayer life, even if you’re not a believer, becomes pretty simple and focused. You pray for healing. Healing in this life. Healing to avoid the chemo, surgery or whatever procedures are coming your way. You want more time and less suffering. You want time to enjoy simple…
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Memento Mori Part 14: What to do When God is Sleeping
Near the end of her book, Emily DeArdo pulls the curtain back a little and lets the reader in on what she went through as she waited for an organ transplant. She writes: “My life consisted of work (answering the phone), IV meds, forcing some food into me, and sleeping, sometimes fourteen hours a day.…
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Memento Mori Part 13: Our House in Order
Just before Jesus died, he cried out, “It is finished!” His work was over. The work of his followers was just beginning. Arrangements had to be made and permission given to take Jesus off the cross A linen shroud to wrap him in needed to be purchased Myrrh and aloes for burial purposes needed to…
Memento Mori Part 12: Death as an Enabling Limitation
In the movie, The Age of Adeline, Adeline, the female lead character, is involved in a car accident in which she miraculously survives. Another miracle takes place. From that day forward, the process of normal aging for her stops. What might be considered a desirable state- always youthful- turns out to be a curse relationally.…
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