Remember Those

From an intercession by our Pastor at Mass recently … “Remember those who will die this day.“

A good reminder, not often heard. We pray for people in our families, for friends, for people we are asked to pray for. We pray for ourselves, that we may be ready.

But this is a different way to think about life and loss. Every day, there is birth and death, all around us. We are all part of the human family, all children of God, all of us worth praying for. This simple intercession reminded me of the quintessential truth that we are all connected, all one with God and all destined to the same fate, in the end.

There is hope in this intercession. Hope that in our praying for “those who will die this day”, we will clearly know how best to bring that important human connectivity into our personal experience of the world. It is by dying that we are reborn … I pray today for every soul who goes before me, that they may be reborn for eternity. And I pray that I have a chance to see them there …