Sr. Wantabee was paged to ICU right after the death of an 86 year old lady who passed with congestive heart failure. The daughter was there and had come racing down the hall at the alert that her mother was in crisis. Sr. Wantabee entered the room to sit with the daughter who was distraut. Her husband was on the way. What do can be said in the face of death? Many things, of course, but they all stand hallow. Your mother is no longer suffering. Your mother loves you. Your mother… All are hallow. The woman wailed from the bottom of her heart, “I want my mother.”
It is true. Death is never welcome. Death is seldom welcome. Death leaves relationships unfinished. During Lent we reflect on the death on the cross, the need for it, the pain surrounding it, and the promise of the cross that death does not have the final say. Thank you Lord.
“I Want My Mother”
April 12, 2011
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