Hope After Suicide
Hope After Suicide
The loss of a loves one (suicide or any cause of death) is perhaps the most difficult of all topics to talk about. Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, shares, based on personal and pastoral experience, a fact we know to be true: Even in the midst of such darkness, God’s mercy is present. There is hope for the soul of the departed and there is hope for those left behind.
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The readings for this homily: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011626.cfm
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