… a wonderful glimpse into a community that treasures accompanying its own at the end-of-life. on the “issue” of nutrition-hydration … “And dying people, you can tell when they don’t want to eat or drink. That’s a natural thing.” (see my food & water for the journey at life’s end) “This is what our culture, […]
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Elvira Parravicini discusses Icarus’ fall and its relation to caring for those in need. “suffering and sickness are unavoidable and ultimately are the premonition of death. Chagall depicts the falling Icarus welcomed by the people of the town with open arms, with tenderness and compassion. In history, care for the sick came about this way,
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… In the Name of the Sons explores the lives of several fathers who have lost sons in our recent wars. “On a cold night last October, two men stood shoulder to shoulder in front of a small crowd sitting silently in a sparsely furnished room in Flatlands, Brooklyn. Marlowe Fletcher was the shorter of
… of the most absolute human loneliness we can listen to a voice that calls us, and we can find a hand that takes hold of us and leads us out. The human being lives because he is loved and can love; if love has penetrated even into the realm of death, life has arrived
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… the importance of relationships … “What is the difference between a child who makes a mistake and an adult who makes a mistake? That the child does not sever that bond; he can’t even look at his mistake without seeing it immediately embraced by his mother. On the contrary, what happens to us? We
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