We can ignore it and not talk about it. We can go on with life and forget about it all. Yet, we cannot avoid it. Sooner or later, death will visit our homes and snatch away some of our dearest ones.
How can we deal with this event that will one day take our son forever? How can we prepare to face our loved one’s farewell agony? What can we do to fill the emptiness that follows the departure of our best friends and family members?
Death is like a door that leaves each one of us alone. Once that door is shut, the decease one stays away from us forever. We really don’t know what his / her condition is. The one we called “dear and near” to us is now a mystery. How can we deal with such impotence, uncertainty and immense pain?
It is not easy. All along the years, we have changed so much inside us. We have become more critical, but also more vulnerable. We have turned more sceptical, yet more insecure. We are more convinced that we will never get everything our hearts aspire to.
Hence we should remember, especially in this our society, the words of Jesus Christ, and make them echo in our ears with humility and surrender to the great mystery: “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God. Believe in me, too.”
I believe that almost everyone, believers, hardly believers and poor believers, can face death with these two things: tears and prayers. We can pray for and remember the dead. Every one of us, with whatever little faith we still possess, can pray and show condolence. We may all have problems with our faith, strong or wavering, but God will never have any problem understanding our impotence, and He will fully comprehend our deepest emotions.
When we attend a funeral, in response to the death of a dear one, surely we may be thinking or praying along this way “We have come here because we still love you, although we don’t know what to do for you. Our faith is so weak and uncertain. We entrust you to the bountiful goodness of God. You certainly will be more secure with Him than with us. Wish you well. God will take care of you better than anyone of us has done. We leave you in His hands”
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