Rituals are one way of claiming the looked out over Jerusalem in grief, power of healing. The of affirmation’ longing to have his message heard and ‘ritual is a beginning point. We can say received. He knew the failure’ ‘thank ‘apparent you’ for the life of the one we loved. of a mission. Hanging on a cross he Writing a letter, creating a poem, drawing knew physical pain. He saw his grief- a picture are all ways to express stricken mother weeping at his feet. He thanksgiving for the life we miss. The felt the abandonment of his Father. He of reconciliation’ is an act in which knew what it is to be human. He sang. He ‘ritual we can go’ of residual anger and pain danced. He wept. He died. ‘let toward the person. sorry or I forgive ‘I’m you’, said in our hearts or written on a In this time of paper which we may later burn, make the Thanksgiving, act of reconciling tangible, the the life of forgiveness real. Lighting a remembrance Jesus is a candle or creating an event to honour the model with a person are ways in which we may ‘give message. legs’ to our grief and in so doing, honour What has this the person or thing we love. In these message to simple acts, we can remember the joy say to us? brought to our lives with thanksgiving! And how can we move on t around_the_world/ in our own **Kübler-Ross, E. (1969). On death and dying. NY: and Macmillan ***KJV loss? ****Meyers, L. (2016). Counseling for grief and loss. Counseling 59 (3), 27-32. Our chaplaincy reaches out to God in prayer to hold up the chaplaincy and its members in particular need. We are offer this ministry both in Utrecht and Zwolle. If you have requests for the prayer chain, or if feel called be a part in this ministry of intercession, please contact: Janie Anne Miechielsen McCloughin organizes and organizes and participates in this participates ministry at Holy in this ministry at Trinity in Utrecht: Zwolle Anglican Church:
looked out over Jerusalem in grief, longing to have his message heard and received. He knew the ‘apparent failure’ of a mission. Hanging on a cross he knew physical pain. He saw his grief- stricken mother weeping at his feet. He felt the abandonment of his Father. He knew what it is to be human. He sang. He danced. He wept. He died. In this time of Thanksgiving, the life of Jesus is a model with a message. What has this message to say to us? And how can we move on in our own and loss? Rituals are one way of claiming the power of healing. The ‘ritual of affirmation’ is a beginning point. We can say ‘thank you’ for the life of the one we loved. Writing a letter, creating a poem, drawing a picture are all ways to express thanksgiving for the life we miss. The ‘ritual of reconciliation’ is an act in which we can ‘let go’ of residual anger and pain toward the person. ‘I’m sorry or I forgive you’, said in our hearts or written on a paper which we may later burn, make the act of reconciling tangible, the forgiveness real. Lighting a remembrance candle or creating an event to honour the person are ways in which we may ‘give legs’ to our grief and in so doing, honour the person or thing we love. In these simple acts, we can remember the joy brought to our lives with thanksgiving! t around_the_world/ **Kübler-Ross, E. (1969). On death and dying. NY: Macmillan ***KJV ****Meyers, L. (2016). Counseling for grief and loss. Counseling 59 (3), 27-32. Our chaplaincy reaches out to God in prayer to hold up the chaplaincy and its members in particular need. We are offer this ministry both in Utrecht and Zwolle. If you have requests for the prayer chain, or if feel called be a part in this ministry of intercession, please contact: Anne Miechielsen organizes and participates in this ministry at Holy Trinity in Utrecht: Janie McCloughin organizes and participates in this ministry at Zwolle Anglican Church:
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