I really appreciate this interview. Last weekend, my children and I met a woman who tearfully told us she would be spending Christmas alone. Her husband is in a long term care facility hours away and her grown children have their own plans. Her loneliness was so heavy it spilled out into a passing conversation with my 7 year old son. We'…
I really appreciate this interview. Last weekend, my children and I met a woman who tearfully told us she would be spending Christmas alone. Her husband is in a long term care facility hours away and her grown children have their own plans. Her loneliness was so heavy it spilled out into a passing conversation with my 7 year old son. We've been praying for her and lit a candle for her at church that will burn through all the Christmas liturgies. I wondered how many people have Christmases like her's and how Christ can redeem this suffering. Bishop Varden's reflections are helpful and hopeful.
I really appreciate this interview. Last weekend, my children and I met a woman who tearfully told us she would be spending Christmas alone. Her husband is in a long term care facility hours away and her grown children have their own plans. Her loneliness was so heavy it spilled out into a passing conversation with my 7 year old son. We've been praying for her and lit a candle for her at church that will burn through all the Christmas liturgies. I wondered how many people have Christmases like her's and how Christ can redeem this suffering. Bishop Varden's reflections are helpful and hopeful.