Memory Eternal!

Mom died tonight. It was unexpected though I was able to say goodbye. She was the last member of the family from that generation. Those who have been through this will know the awful grief. Prayers are deeply appreciated.

In a blessed falling asleep, grant, O Lord, eternal rest unto Thy departed servant Geraldine and make her memory to be eternal!

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My aunt Catherine (Cathy), reposed last night following a battle with cancer. Excepting my mother who still lives, she was the last member of the family from that generation. May her memory be eternal.

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My step brother has reposed. In your charity please pray for the servant of God Doug and his family who are in shock and deep mourning. His passing was both sudden and unexpected. Thank you.

Armistice Day

Memory Eternal: Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware)

Word is spreading that the noted bishop has reposed. May his memory be eternal.

Texas

Dad

Five years ago today and still deeply missed. Memory eternal.

Memorial Service for the Victims of Communism

Solemn Panikhida for the victims of Communism, on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Revolution of 1917 (in English and Church Slavonic). From the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St John the Baptist in Washington, DC.

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My uncle Tom was a man with a great joie de vivre, characterized by a fondness for good food and drink (scotch whiskey single malt), gambling, an often irreverent sense of humor and social/political opinions that put him slightly to the right of Archie Bunker. When I was eleven on a family camping trip he pulled out a deck of cards and told me it was time I learned to play poker and acey duecy. I think I still owe him ten thousand or thereabouts. He met my aunt Cathy while working as a bouncer in a West Endicott bar that had a reputation as... well let's just say that calling it a dive would be giving it a dignity it did not deserve. Their long and happy marriage produced two great kids and a few grandchildren. He passed suddenly yesterday while on the golf course having fun with his friends.

May his memory be eternal!

P.S. He never tried to collect the ten grand. What a guy.

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O God of all spirits and of every flesh, Who didst trod down death and overcome the devil, bestowing life on this Thy world, to the soul of these Thy servants, departed this life, do Thou, O Lord, grant rest in a place of light, in a place of green pasture, in a place of refreshment, from where pain and sorrow and mourning have fled away. Every sin by them committed in thought, word, or deed, do Thou as our Good and Loving God forgive; as there is no man who shall live and sinnneth not, for Thou alone are without sin. Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Thy Law is truth; for Thou art the Resurrection, the Life, and the Repose of Thy servants, departed this life, O Christ our God; and to Thee do we ascribe glory, together with Thine Eternal Father and All-Holy, Good and Life-creating Spirit; both now and ever, and to the ages of ages. Amen

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Ten years ago today the USS Cole was bombed.

Eternal Memory: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn
December 11 1918-August 3 2008

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Matushka Jeanette Seamore (see previous post) died yesterday after a long illness. Please pray for her and for Fr. Gabe.

May her memory be eternal!

Memory Eternal: Abbot Augustine (Whitfield)

Via Serge:
Fr. Augustine, a monastic of the Western Orthodox Rite (ROCOR) and abbot of the Benedictine Congregation in Jacksonville FL has reposed. May his memory be eternal.

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Today, on November 15, 2009, at 10.45 at the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade, after receiving the Sacrament, Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovac , Patriarch Pavle of Serbia reposed in the Lord.
May his memory be eternal!

From a Serbian website. There is some video and a number of other pictures there. (Hat tip Again & Again)

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Grant rest O Lord to the souls of thy servants who have departed this life in the service of our country, and make their memory to be eternal.

Memory Eternal: Richard John Neuhaus

Richard John Neuhaus 1936-2009

It is a sad day for our brothers and sisters in the Roman Catholic Church. Fr. Neuhaus was a well known theologian and convert to Rome from Lutheranism. He also underwent a long process of conversion from theological and political liberal to outspoken conservative. As the founder and editor of First Things we may assume that his legacy will live on for many yeas. Fr. Neuhaus reposed at the age of 72 after a long battle with cancer.

Grant O Lord, thy servant Richard, blessed repose and make his memory to be eternal.

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Post Scriptum: I note that Owen the Ochlophobist has a short obit of his own and he has some interesting things to say. I would encourage a glance. There is some food for thought towards the end.

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It is with sadness I note that Fr. Michael Trigg pastor emeritus of St. Michael's Western Rite Orthodox Parish in Whittier, California (Antiochian Archdiocese) reposed in the Lord on Saturday the 12th of May instant.

May his memory be eternal.

Hat tip to Bill for this news.