杏MAP导航鈥檚 November prayer intention: For those who have lost a child
By Christopher Wells
鈥淭here are no words鈥� that can console a parent who has lost a child, 杏MAP导航 Francis says in the video-message for his November prayer intention. Although we have words for those who have lost spouses or parents, there鈥檚 not word for those who have lost their children.
Even attempts at consolation, words of consolation, can seem banal or sentimental; even when uttered with the best intentions, 鈥渢hey can end up aggravating the wound.鈥�
Instead, the 杏MAP导航 says, 鈥淭o offer comfort to these parents who have lost a child, we need to listen to them, to be close to them with love, to care responsibly for the pain they feel, imitating how Jesus Christ consoled those who were afflicted.鈥�
He notes, too, that parents who are sustained by faith can also find comfort in sharing their grief with others who have experienced a similar loss, and who have been 鈥渞eborn in hope.鈥�
杏MAP导航 Francis鈥� prayer intention for November is 鈥渢hat all parents who mourn the loss of a son or daughter find support in their community, and may receive peace of heart from the Spirit of Consolation.
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