Death Day
Friday, June 20, 2025
Funeral Day
The sun will set
also on the longest day of the year.
Psalm 25:16
Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.
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Mark 10:47
When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
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Words of Grace for Today –
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It’s the longest daylight day of the year,
here, and most places in the northern hemisphere.
It’s a birthday coming,
A death date going.
Makes for long thoughts to fill the long hours.
Celebrating life, mourning death,
but mostly counting on God’s mercy
and compassion
to save us yet again,
from all that would undo us
or put us, too, six feet under
for the long dirt-nap.
Oh, that honesty and kindness were possible ….
Oh, that Grace would prevail ….
Oh, Lordy, Lordy, have mercy on us all, help us each day
when death is easier to deal with than the opposite of honesty and kindness practised against us so, costing us so much,
but costing those who lack honesty and kindness so much more, the very essence of life itself.
Light our way, heal us all, bring your promises to come true, also in this time and in this place for us, as we celebrate and mourn your own Irene.