Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers for Sister Candelaria. To me, these past few weeks seem quite surreal. I am very grateful that Sister's suffering is no more, and that she is in the arms of other departed loved ones. Still, the hole left is a great one. Words are very difficult at this time. I feel the poem below begins to say a bit how things are feeling now. In the days to come, there will be celebrations of Sister's life and tears for her loss. For now, rest well, Sweet Sister.<\/p>\n
Love<\/p>\n
Sister Bridget<\/p>\n
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On the Loss of a Beloved<\/span> by John O'Donoghue<\/p>\n Though we need to weep your loss, Your love was like the dawn The sound of your voice Whatever you enfolded in your gaze Though your days here were brief, We look towards each other no longer Though we cannot see you with outward eyes, Let us not look for you only in memory, When orchids brighten the earth, May you continue to inspire us:<\/p>\n To enter each day with a generous heart. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers for Sister Candelaria. To me, these past few weeks seem quite surreal. I am very grateful that Sister's suffering is no more, and that she is in the arms of other departed loved ones. Still, the hole left is a great one. Words are very difficult at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[342],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spirituality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
You dwell in that safe place in our hearts,
Where no storm or might or pain can reach you.<\/p>\n
Brightening over our lives
Awakening beneath the dark
A further adventure of colour.<\/p>\n
Found for us
A new music
That brightened everything.<\/p>\n
Quickened in the joy of its being;
You placed smiles like flowers
On the altar of the heart.
Your mind always sparkled
With wonder at things.<\/p>\n
Your spirit was live, awake, complete.<\/p>\n
From the old distance of our names;
Now you dwell inside the rhythm of breath,
As close to us as we are to ourselves.<\/p>\n
We know our soul's gaze is upon your face,
Smiling back at us from within everything
To which we bring our best refinement.<\/p>\n
Where we would grow lonely without you.
You would want us to find you in presence,
Beside us when beauty brightens,
When kindness glows
And music echoes eternal tones.<\/p>\n
Darkest winter has turned to spring;
May this dark grief flower with hope
In every heart that loves you.<\/p>\n
To serve the call of courage and love
Until we see your beautiful face again
In that land where there is no more separation,
Where all tears will be wiped from our mind,
And where we will never lose you again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"