The Holy Spirit and the Mystery of Grace
Collectively our hearts broke for our sister in sacred sorrow. As grieving mothers, we understand the terrible truth.
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Kendall Heaney
Jun 143 min read
Remember the Dash
In the midst of our grief, remember the life that was lived. And the life that was loved.
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rita@sacredsorrows.org
May 262 min read
Using the china
Once upon a time (and what seems like only just yesterday), I was wandering the china and crystal section of Marshall Field's in Chicago.
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Irene Peterson
May 93 min read
Mother's Day Looms
Much therapy and the discovery of Sacred Sorrows have helped me bind up my wounds and learn to trust Jesus again. Yet Mother's Day looms...
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Mavis Moon
Apr 235 min read
The Unforgettable Thing a Stranger Said When I Lost My Child
I couldn’t tell you what month it was, but there were daffodils, so it must have been spring. A few weeks after Alex died, I suppose.
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rita@sacredsorrows.org
Apr 162 min read
In Times of Sadness
We feel great sadness at various times in our lives--illness, loss of a job, financial problems, death, and so on...
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Mavis Moon
Mar 197 min read
Saint Patrick’s Windows into Grief (abridged)
Rather than false promises of ease and comfort, the stations of the cross direct us to the hope that comes from walking the way of suffering
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Mavis Moon
Feb 201 min read
A Blessing After A Loss
God, we are heartbroken
in the face of so much grief.
What could we possibly call blessed?
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rita@sacredsorrows.org
Feb 143 min read
It's ashes to ashes, dust to dust day
Today is Ash Wednesday. How about moving from anything that might feel "off" and toward some semblance of what might feel "all right?"
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Lani Bogart
Feb 62 min read
Life (and death) on the river
"Mom, staying in bed is dangerous too. I'd rather take some risks than die of depression. At least if I die on the river I will have lived."
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rita@sacredsorrows.org
Jan 303 min read
In the Quiet, I Cry (Almost Always)
Originally posted Nov. 16, 2021. Out of nowhere, the familiar (but not always welcome) warm tears began to cascade down my face.
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rita@sacredsorrows.org
Jan 243 min read
It's BitterSweet
Seven years. Seven years later and I still don’t know whether I should be calling next weekend Ezra’s birthday or his death anniversary.
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A Sacred Sorrows Grieving Mother
Jan 162 min read
Always there, forever a part of me
People say that grief comes in waves… sometimes you feel fine and others not.
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Mavis Moon
Jan 92 min read
The Prayer of a Righteous Man
Faith endures, but my address to God is uncomfortably, perplexingly, altered. I must explore The Lament as a mode for my address to God.
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Diane Galloway
Jan 24 min read
A retreat sunrise brings a miracle
So many unanswered questions I had brought along with me. The foremost question I had was, “How does a mother heal after losing a child?”
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rita@sacredsorrows.org
Dec 31, 20232 min read
Laughing through the struggles: finding humor in the season's foibles
It's the 7th day of Christmas - and here I sit with my head quite a flutter, while amassed all around me is a large pile of clutter!
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rita@sacredsorrows.org
Dec 26, 20231 min read
Shall we cry out?
Those we have loved, though now beyond our view, live on, unfailingly feeding our hearts and minds and imaginations. (Morris Adler)
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Mavis Moon
Dec 19, 20235 min read
A Prayer for the Broken-Hearted at Christmastime
We at Sacred Sorrows join Sarah in remembering, "your sorrow is not overlooked by God." May this prayer give you comfort during the holiday.
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Joell Mower
Dec 12, 202311 min read
Mercy in the midst of pain: a story of tragedy and forgiveness
Looking back, I think we were afraid of what we might discover. My world and focus had narrowed, and I was restless, unable to take a breath
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