Ever since the pandemic began there has been more support than normal for the health care professionals: the doctors and nurses who risked their own lives to serve those who were sick. Especially at the beginning of the pandemic, when we still didn't know a lot about the disease, they were there. If you know someone that is a health care profession, please thank them for me and for Ben Sira because that is what the first part of this chapter is about!
The seocnd part of this chapter deals with respect for the dead. One of the things I love about our Catholic faith is the way we honor the dead. From the visitation at the funeral home, to the Mass of Christian Burial, to the procession to the graveside and completing with the Commital Rite. There is in this whole service a certain timing that allows us to properly grieve. Ben Sira reminds us of the importance of grief.
St. Paul will later say that we grieve as Christians but we grieve differently becasue of our hope in Christ Jesus! 1 Thessalonians 4:13
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