Today's liturgy, Friday, April 24, again opens with "Perpetual light will shine on your Saints, O Lord, and life without end forever, alleluia." In today's Gospel, John 6: 52-59, Jesus reminds us that those who eat His Flesh and drink His Blood remain in Him and He in them and they will live forever! Sister Flora, who died recently at the age of 97, ate the Bread and drank the wine of Eternal life for years and years and years. She anticipated an eternity of bliss, as she writes in the following poem which was read at the beginning of her funeral liturgy:
Death is Beautiful
Death
is oh so beautiful
It’s
a special call from our Lord.
It
unites us with our loving God
Where
God and peace are our reward.
Death
is oh so beautiful
For
others have passed that way.
And
when they returned their heart did yearn
Because
they wanted to stay.
Yes,
death is so beautiful
When
we see the face of our Lord.
We
harken to his gentle voice
He
embraces us and rewards.
Death
is oh so beautiful
Jesus
has set the scene.
No
ear has heard or eye has seen
What
God has in store for me.
Death
is oh so beautiful
God
watches when we’re most sweet.
He
loves us so much and tenderly waits
Then calls us to rest at his feet.
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