tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24383995.post3126442543078749798..comments2024-03-22T04:12:44.008+08:00Comments on Breaking the Word: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24383995.post-4256427967898431042007-05-23T08:33:00.000+08:002007-05-23T08:33:00.000+08:00When Fr Reid passed on in February this year, I we...When Fr Reid passed on in February this year, I wept buckets. Unabashedly. It was strange for several reasons. Firstly, I had prepared myself for that day years ago. Secondly, I am convinced that he had gone to his eternal reward - and we should be happy for him. Thirdly, like many others, I was a beneficiary of the friendship and holiness of the priest and so should be thankful for that. So why the unrestrained mourning?<BR/><BR/>Farewells are always hard and final farewells the hardest. It is a natural human emotion because those near and dear and familiar are no longer physically present with us. The truth of the matter is that nothing in the material world stays forever. All creation moves on - Paul to his mission and Jesus to His destiny. To both Paul and Jesus, there was a higher, more cogent calling that they must heed. Surely, at a human level, like those that they were leaving behind, they must have wrestled with the desire to stay and the urge to move on. <BR/><BR/>When it is time for me to bid my final farewell, I can only beg God for forgiveness for the things that I should have said or done but didn't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com