http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2007/02/18/the-communion-of-saints/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:39:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2007/02/18/the-communion-of-saints/#comment-181 Joe Sun, 18 Feb 2007 23:01:12 +0000 http://www.catechistsjourney.org/2007/02/18/the-communion-of-saints/#comment-181 Kathy and Lauretta, thanks for your thoughtful comments! Kathy and Lauretta, thanks for your thoughtful comments!

]]> http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2007/02/18/the-communion-of-saints/#comment-180 Lauretta Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:54:18 +0000 http://www.catechistsjourney.org/2007/02/18/the-communion-of-saints/#comment-180 I find this belief in the Communion of the Saints very comforting and never morbid if understood correctly. We haven't lost our loved ones. They are still with us, just in a different form. We can still communicate! I know I sometimes ask for my late mother to interceed for me. I know she is listening. I often feel her presence in my life. I think the best time to talk about this with our students is during the whole month of November. Beginning with all Saints Day and All Soul's Day, we pray and remember those gone before us for the whole month. I find this belief in the Communion of the Saints very comforting and never morbid if understood correctly. We haven’t lost our loved ones. They are still with us, just in a different form. We can still communicate! I know I sometimes ask for my late mother to interceed for me. I know she is listening. I often feel her presence in my life. I think the best time to talk about this with our students is during the whole month of November. Beginning with all Saints Day and All Soul’s Day, we pray and remember those gone before us for the whole month.

]]> http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2007/02/18/the-communion-of-saints/#comment-179 Kathy Sun, 18 Feb 2007 17:50:54 +0000 http://www.catechistsjourney.org/2007/02/18/the-communion-of-saints/#comment-179 Thank you for writing this Joe. What a wonderful way to teach the children about keeping our loved ones alive in our hearts. Your timing has special meaning to me as tomorrow is the one year anniversary of my mother's passing. Thank you for writing this Joe. What a wonderful way to teach the children about keeping our loved ones alive in our hearts. Your timing has special meaning to me as tomorrow is the one year anniversary of my mother’s passing.

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