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Publication Date

2020

Abstract

I have completed the thirty days of Sheloshim, a mourning period for the death of my dad. My grief journey began when the last two breaths passed from my father’s mouth to my face. And now during Lent, you and I are journeying towards the inevitable death of Jesus. I am also acutely aware that when Jesus died, no one had their arms around him, with their face to his face to comfort him. No one received his dying breaths.

So this year, walking the Lenten journey between Ash Wednesday and the cross is primarily for me a journey of grief and loss. I am more mindful of the inevitability of death and the futility of the world’s constructed vision for life. I am in solidarity with many of you who have lost loved ones, lost dreams, lost jobs or hope.

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Originally published at https://missioalliance.org/our-need-for-lament/

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