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As He told Thomas: I am the Way, the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except through Me. We live in the hope that when our earthly pilgrimage is done, we will be at home with God forever. With this he started hobbling on down the street, believing without a shadow of a doubt that the real John Quincy Adams was not a body that you could enclose in a casket or bury in a grave. Sown in dishonor, but raised in glory. Those of you who knew and loved my father dont need me to tell you that the man was a work in progress. Feb. 27, 2020. Reproduction of material from this website without written permission, or unlicensed commercial use or He always sent me home with a bag of sawdust to mulch the garden. He fought enemies most of us could never see. I loved her, but today we are not crying, we are singing., With that he started to sing, Praise God, and the Christians joined him. I sang on this recording with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, so I chose it so I could say I sang for him, as it was probably the only way I was going to manage that today! Even if you dont necessarily believe in God! Like St. Joseph, a dad is necessary, a quiet figure that moves a family forward. Thats why we put St. Athanasius on these prayer cards, along with a prayer of Athanasius on the back. He'll remain in Paradise in our hearts and minds. Tents are good for a purpose and helpful for a season, but they can wear out. There, in the 6th grade Dad was taught by a religious sister, Sr. Mary Viator, who also taught me in the 3rd grade at Our Lady of Perpetual Help. Below the homily is a video of Msgr. There are all kinds of problems with that idea, but here, today, I can only say again: If its just a symbol, to hell with it. Click here to learn more. For now, while I can, Dad, I raise my fist on your behalf, and I pray for you and all of you are welcome to pray with me, and, if you want, raise a fist for Bob as we pray in the words you never quite learned: Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. Jesus just says, "place" or other versions call it a mansion. In fact all of the Beatitudes of Matthew 5:1-12 are as strange as clowns at a funeral. Amen. $ 12.00. Little did I realise what significance that would soon have. Have you ever heard sentiments like that before at funerals or from people talking about how theyd like to be remembered? An earthly journey has ended. I never saw my father drive past a cemetery without raising a fist in silent defiance of death, the last enemy. Any information provided on this website is general in nature and is not applicable to any specific person. Dad and Mom were pretty handy with power tools, paint brushes, & gardening tools, and I assure you, none of that rubbed off on their second son, yours truly. When I think about how my dad believed, Im reminded of an image mentioned by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI, in his great Introduction to Christianity: an image borrowed from a play that opens with a Jesuit missionary, a survivor of a shipwreck, lost at sea, clinging to a shattered fragment of the ships deck, lashing himself to the remains of the mast fastened to the cross, with the cross fastened to nothing, drifting over the abyss..