Behind the Scenes

When someone dies, you usually offer your condolences to the deceased's family and loved ones who have been taking care of him throughout his life and especially during his time of sickness.

So when a priest dies, who do you offer your condolences to? Sure, throngs of people come to pay their respects to his lifeless body, and comment of how good he was, but who do you console?

Surely, even they have loved ones and family sometimes, and even close friends who become part of their family, to mourn them...

A lot of time, these people go unnoticed, and people utter their words of sorrow to the bishop, or whichever brother priest of his they meet, but what about those people who lived and worked with him in other situations of life?

If he suffered a long illness, surely someone must have brought him to hospital, visited him there, cooked his meals, fed him, bathed him, and maybe even watch him at night... surely, it was the laity rather than the clergy who performed these works of mercy?

SO here's an acknowledgment of the love and care of Bruno and Jean, Josephine, the Little Sisters of the Poor, and various other young men and women who were companions of a truly great man, and who were with him through it all... thanks very much and god bless.