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Dear Friends,
Thank you one and all for your prayers and good wishes!
As I prepare for ministry, I will keep you all in my prayers!
Alex
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Dear Alex:
Thank you for keeping us here in your prayers.
Are you speaking of short-term preparation or long term preparation? I can't tell what you mean here - what ministry are you referring to?
C of S
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Alex:
I'm a bit late, but I pray that your Godmother will enter the Mansions of the Just and that the Lord will cause her memory to be eternal in His Kingdom.
Losing a member of one's family is a tough event. As you grieve, be gentle with yourself. Although I work with this type of event everyday, it still hits me personally as if I'd been in the ring with a professional boxer. I often don't know if it's day or night.
Call me if you want to talk or vent.
In Christ,
BOB
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May her memory be eternal+
May your family draw closer to our Lord accepting His peace and love. Most Holy Theotokos pray for them.
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Vichnaja pam'jat. So svyatimij upokoi, Christe, vichnaja pam'jat. May she rest in a place of verdure, peace and light where suffering is no more.
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Alex,
May God and the Blessed Mother hold you close today as you attend the funeral.
I prayed the Rosary last night for your Godmother.
Isn't today the feast of Immaculate Conception? What a wonderful feast-day for your Godmother's funeral!
your beadswoman,
Tammy
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Dear Friends,
The funeral today was inspiring and we gave "Teta Slava" a great "send-off."
Thank you for all your prayers and for everything.
God bless,
Alex
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Don't forget the Canon for the Departed from the Old Rite prayer book! I have found great solace in remembering loved ones with this prayer. You can even make a kolyvo for when you finish.
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Dear Diak, Thank you - I take that as my personal spiritual command!  I'll busy myself with what you recommend - and wait for calmer and cooler waters before trying to swim again on the Byzantine Forum. Alex
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May the Lord receive your Godmother and be her joy for eternity.
May she continue her care for her god-child in her prayers.
As did the Spirit, may he find peaceful waters to stir soon.
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May she bask in the Perpetual Light of the Lord God from age to age.
in the Sacred Heart and the Immaculata,
prostrate before St Peter's chair,
your servant
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