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• CARD TYPE: Annual Enrollment

• CATEGORY: Sympathy / Deceased

• NAME: Sunset at Mallory Square

Outside Message: It is in dying that we are born to eternal life. – The Prayer of St. Francis

Inside Message:

Comfort for Those Who Mourn

When our loved ones die, they do not leave us. They remain. They do not go to some dark and distant place. They simply begin their eternity. We do not see them because we are still in the darkness of the world. But their spiritual eyes, filled with the light of heaven, are always watching us as they wait for the day when we shall share their perfect joy. We are all born for heaven, and, one by one, we end this life of tears to begin our life of endless happiness.

A firm faith in the real and continual presence of our loved ones has brought the conviction and consolation that death has not destroyed them, nor carried them away. Rather it has given them life! A life with the power to know fully and to love perfectly. With this new life and a new power, our loved ones are always present to us, knowing and loving us more than ever before.

Death has been for them a doorway to an eternal home. And only because this heavenly home is invisible to our worldly eyes, we cannot see them so near to us. Yet, they are with us, lovingly and tenderly waiting for the day when we, too, will enter the doorway of our eternal home. No, death is not a separation. It is a preparation for eternal union with those we love, in the peace and joy of heaven.

“The Lord is near to those who are broken-hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”  – Psalm 34:18

Spiritual Message: In Loving Memory  _______________________________ has been enrolled in the St. Elizabeth Mission Society a ministry of the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, NY and will be remembered at daily Mass in the Motherhouse Chapel and will share in the prayers and good works of our Sisters in Brazil, Bolivia, Jamaica and the U.S.A.

May the Grace of God Comfort You During This Time

Back: The person who sent this card has made a contribution in your name to the St. Elizabeth Mission Society so that the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany may continue to serve those who are poor in Brazil, Bolivia, Jamaica and the United States.

“Sunset at Mallory Square”
Key West, Florida
Photo courtesy of Connie Cooper