Heaven forbid that we should believe in such a way as not to accept or seek reasons, since we could not even believe if we did not possess rational s… - Augustine of Hippo

And these were the dishes wherein to me, hunger-starven for thee, they served up the sun and the moon.

...It is no less impossible for us not to taste as bitter the death of those whose life for us was such a source of sweetness.

Watch, O Lord,
with those who wake,
or watch or weep tonight,
and give your angels charge
over those who sleep.

Tend your sick ones,
O Lord Jesus Christ;
rest your weary ones;
bless your dying ones;
soothe your suffering ones;
pity your afflicted ones;
shield your joyous ones;
and all for your love's sake.

Amen.