Words of Comfort

“It is God who gives life, and when God gives, it is forever.” ~Anonymous

“Even in your sorrow, remember that your child is enfolded in God’s love, mercy, peace, and joy.” ~Fr. Brian Smail

“Thus says the Lord…’I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you.” ~Isaiah 38:5

“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” ~Thomas Campbell

“Death is the starlit strip between the companionship of yesterday and the reunion of tomorrow” ~Mark Twain

“And can it be that in a world so full and busy, the loss of one creature makes a void in any heart, so wide and deep that nothing but the width and depth of eternity can fill it up. “ ~Charles Dickens

“All the earth, though it were full of kind hearts, is but a desolation and a desert place to a mother when her child is absent.” ~Elizabeth Gaskell

“It is God who gives life, and when God gives, it is forever.” ~Anonymous

“Thus says the Lord…’I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you.” ~Isaiah 38:5

“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.” ~Thomas Campbell

“Death is the starlit strip between the companionship of yesterday and the reunion of tomorrow” ~Mark Twain

“Run with endurance the race that is set before us.” ~Hebrews 12:1

“Should his heart break and the grief pour out, it would flow over the whole earth, it seems, and yet, no one sees it.” ~Anton Chekhov

“After you had taken your leave, I found God’s footprints on my floor.” ~Rabindranath Tagore

“It is so easy to think we have some ultimate claim on those we love, rather than that we have been privileged to share one another’s lives for a time—they with us, and we with them”. ~Martha Whitmore Kickman

“But all the time we are struggling with our grief and its meaning, the seeds of a new compassion are germinating in our psyches. Because we have suffered, we are tenderhearted toward others.” ~Martha Whitmore Kickman

“So he passed over, and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.” ~John Bunyan

“Though memory, love transcends the limits of time and offers hope at any moment of our lives.” ~Henri Nouwen

“Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning.” ~Psalm 30