From the Editors July 20, 1992 Issue

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At the time of the passing of a friend or family member, can we be lifted above grief? Is it possible to stay out of the pit of despair while still deeply, respectfully loving someone and appreciating his or her example that has meant so much to us?

The healing of grief is supported as our prayer shows us that all of the qualities we've appreciated, such as goodness, integrity, consideration, joy, perspicacity, and so on actually originate in God. In the purest sense God is the source of what we love about another person. If God is always present, it follows that those qualities He expresses in each one of us are also always present.

This means that we can never really be separated from what we love in our friend or family member. Man's oneness with God and, consequently, with all that He creates is basic to the nature of each individual's existence.

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