...but weep with Jesus Christ who wept at the grave of his friend Lazarus.
This is a quote from the homily given by Fr Paul Rutten at his father, Ed Rutten's funeral. What a beautiful witness to hope in the wake of the death of one whom he loved so much. It takes a lot of faith to understand death as the end only of earthly life and the beginning of a new stage of life. Certainly, grief and loss are still felt but those feelings are assuaged by the sure and certain knowledge of the resurrection of the body. Fr Paul and his mother and his eight siblings and all of the grandchildren showed that belief at the funeral. What a glorious sendoff for a holy and faithful man.
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