I pray that you will have the blessing on being consoled and at peace about your own death.
May you trust in your soul that there is no need to be afraid.
When your time comes, may you be given every blessing and grace that you need. May there be a beautiful welcome for you in the home that awaits you. You are not going somewhere strange or unknown. You are going back to the home that you never left.
May you possess a wonderful passion to live your call in Christ. May you live compassionately and creatively, ever transfiguring all that is negative and not of the Light, within you and about you.
When you come to die, may it come after a long and full life.
May you be peaceful and joyful, dwelling in the presence of those who truly care for you.
May your going be sheltered and your rest assured.
May your soul smile in the embrace of your brother, Jesus. Amen.
John Predmore, S.J., is a USA East Province Jesuit and was the pastor of Jordan's English language parish. He teaches art and directs BC High's adult spiritual formation programs. Formerly a retreat director in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Ignatian Spirituality is given through guided meditations, weekend-, 8-day, and 30-day Retreats based on The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Ignatian Spirituality serves the contemporary world as people strive to develop a friendship with God.
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