It is one thing to grieve when we get bad news, and another to despair. God Himself grieves and is saddened about a great many things. “Jesus wept.” It is good and proper to grieve for a good many things in our sad world, but our grief does not need to rob us of hope--that hope that there is more to life than just this life. “Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.” Pope John Paul II
“We do not want you to grieve like those who have no hope.” 1Thess.5 Conversations Within” ts 6/16/2016
