I tend to repeat the “Glory Be” over and over when someone I love dies. This is a very short Catholic prayer that goes:
“Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.”
Imo saying “Glory be” to (Non-existent) God feels like a good way to accept the loss.
Interesting how it comes from very ancient Jewish roots—i.e. it is not some kind of a medieval invention nor did it come from the Germanization. If I remember right, the Jewish prayer when a relative dies is “Be the Just Judge be blessed!”
I tend to repeat the “Glory Be” over and over when someone I love dies. This is a very short Catholic prayer that goes:
“Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.”
Imo saying “Glory be” to (Non-existent) God feels like a good way to accept the loss.
Interesting how it comes from very ancient Jewish roots—i.e. it is not some kind of a medieval invention nor did it come from the Germanization. If I remember right, the Jewish prayer when a relative dies is “Be the Just Judge be blessed!”