Primary Menu Skip to content. Search for:. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn. Lunar Eclipse, Supermoon. Life and Death. Pondering death can seem scary, yet sages in many traditions have encouraged followers to use meditation on our fatal fragility as a way of becoming more engaged in life.
Talking About Death. Yet many times a person who is dying has things they want and even need to say to those they love. There is an Ignatian practice that invites us to meditate on Jesus suffering on the cross. Gaze gently at this twelfth-century image from the Chartres Cathedral. Now, feel your own suffering and the way it lives within you.
Hanging On Before Letting Go. We often do not get to choose when a goodbye becomes necessary. Considering Our Lives. Ignatius of Loyola suggested an important practice for anyone who wants to embody a vital life of faith: Consider your actions as if you were on our deathbed. From that perspective, how would you wish you had made the choice you are facing? Reflection now can help us to live more fully and have fewer regrets.
Possibilities in Times of Grief. The story is told that after a time of exile, John the writer of the Gospel of John returned to his home in Ephesus, and discovered a beloved follower was dead. When it was, he ordered her to get up and make him a meal! Consider This! Jesus appeared to John the Gospel writer a week before his death, telling him of his imminent demise and blessing him. Grieving: Then and Now. We grieve the death of those closest to us.
We grieve the loss of those whose lives have touched ours. And in a pandenic time we also grieve those we have never met—and now never will. The Many Faces of Mourning. Water: In Life and Death. Having lived through two near-death experiences, I relate to Lazarus, who was raised by Jesus.
