tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667173462753211299.post7703460661657156623..comments2023-01-01T08:24:11.147+00:00Comments on Catholic Scot: Death and MemoryCatholic Scothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01820688010421857488noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667173462753211299.post-90063188378783475032012-04-16T13:59:57.993+01:002012-04-16T13:59:57.993+01:00Hi there, thanks for commenting. A version of this...Hi there, thanks for commenting. A version of this article did appear in the Face to Faith slot in the Guardian-<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/oct/28/why-pray-for-souls-in-purgatory?INTCMP=SRCHCatholic Scothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01820688010421857488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667173462753211299.post-14498679241071658082012-04-16T12:50:39.098+01:002012-04-16T12:50:39.098+01:00"My parents were always faithful to me and to..."My parents were always faithful to me and to virtue as they understood it. Selfless faithfulness is a product of love and, consciously or unconsciously, is therefore grounded upon God the faithful and loving. My prayers for them, and for any one else for whom I am asked to pray, are offered up in a perfect trust that love is never wasted and that He who is the fount of all love gladly receives back unto Himself each of His children who follow His model." <br /><br />Responding months later to your post... your final words above are eloquent and beautiful and I am sure correct. Thank you for a well thought out and also heartfelt post.<br /><br /><br />(Did this appear in The Guardian in the end?)Mereniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00597354144052341218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667173462753211299.post-66019105790322241082011-10-12T17:18:29.296+01:002011-10-12T17:18:29.296+01:00For JanC15 who is having difficulties posting.
I...For JanC15 who is having difficulties posting.<br /><br /><br />I'm reminded of a funeral of a friend's partner who died a few years ago. Marc died of aids and in the last months of his life had a deep conversion experience and received spiritual guidance from a friend, a priest. He had a holy death and a wonderful funeral. Coming out of the Church I commented 'nobody can do it like the Catholics' which brought a few smiles. But it's true that the whole person is held in love as are we who are present and it's such a gift.<br /><br />I'm also reminded of a relative who committed suicide and who I know was very close to the Lord but who suffered mentally. I knew Jesus was with him at the time of death.<br /><br />We are mysterious human beings at times and without compassion all religions are rhetoric. <br /><br />GB<br />JanCatholic Scothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01820688010421857488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667173462753211299.post-42306710624914756992011-10-11T07:44:00.334+01:002011-10-11T07:44:00.334+01:00I think they prefer waitress service Karen. Anyway...I think they prefer waitress service Karen. Anyways, it is said that hard cases make bad law. For God there are no hard cases but for us understanding what is simple to Him takes a bit of doing sometimes. You are right that trusting in His mercy is the thing to do. The thing He does is the thing that should be done. As King David said "But if he shall say to me: Thou pleasest me not: I am ready, let him do that which is good before him." (2 Samuel 15:26)Catholic Scothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01820688010421857488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1667173462753211299.post-33411333847071325392011-10-10T20:48:21.345+01:002011-10-10T20:48:21.345+01:00The destination of anyone's soul is not up to ...The destination of anyone's soul is not up to us, Steve. Speculating is for the frightened or the self-righteous, both of whom miss the point of faith. <br /><br />Right after September 11,2001, I asked the question about the people who, faced with a 2,000 degree blaze behind them and no hope of rescue, jumped out of the 90th floor windows of the World Trade Center in New York. If suicide is a sin (and it is a sin in Judaism and Islam as well (ironically), what of those who jumped? What I got back was that God knew the conditions of their lives and the conditions of their deaths and that God was infinitely merciful.<br /><br />The speculation about anyone who has died is best answered by the quality of his or her life, of what was given, of how people who loved or needed the person -- or both -- were treated. Baptism, IMHO, is not a requirement of Heaven. Religious belief is not a requirement of peace. Caring is and always will be. Your parents cared for you and raised a caring human being. They didn't have to be Catholic to join the buffet line in Paradise.MissKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06433084904992760493noreply@blogger.com