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| Today's All Souls Day, Dia de los Muertos, honoring the dead No matter the name we use, we remember our dearly loved dead with prayer.Our three Catholic parishes, St. Mary, St. Lawrence and St. Francis, came together for Mass at Elm Ridge Funeral Home's chapel to honor and pray for all our beloved dead. |
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| After Mass, we walked to the grave site of St. Mary's much-loved former pastor, Father William Grady. Father Dudzinski, current pastor, led us in prayer. |
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| birthday bouquet placed by my husband's sister September 26, 2013 |
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| my husband's grave stone |
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| Near Father Grady's place of repose are the gravestones of two friends of my husband and me. In addition to their being friends, I had the fortune to teach two daughters and one son of the Greens; and the three Schmaltz sons. Both men were honorable examples of outstanding Catholic husbands, fathers and friends. Indeed their families and friends miss them. |
Eternal rest, grant unto them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May the souls of the faithful departed
through the mercy of God rest in peace.
Amen.
blessedly linked
to Rebecca's
