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Home > Sacraments > Eucharist > Communion reflections > 14 11 2004 - On consolation and grief |
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On consolation and grief Everything God made was a consolation to me, even grief itself – it would make me think deeper. It is a simple life we lived but nobody could say that it was comfortable. Often during life I have known God’s holy help, because I was often in the grip of a sorrow from which I could not escape. When the need was greatest God would lay his merciful eye on me, and the clouds of sorrow would be gone without a trace. In their place would be a spiritual joy whose sweetness I cannot describe here. There are people who think that this island is a lonely place, but the peace of the Lord is here. I am living in it for more than forty years, and I didn’t see two neighbours fighting in it yet. We helped each other and lived in the shelter of each other. But now my life is spent, as a candle, and my hope is rising every day, that I’ll be called into the eternal Kingdom. May God guide me on this long road I have not travelled before. I think everything is folly except for loving God. |
