Lent

One of our Passionist priests, a big, tall good-looking Italian told me something significant when he saw me after my dad’s funeral. He told me, “Grieve well.” He was saying, “Feel what you have to feel. Allow yourself to grieve in your own way. Then, don’t stay stuck. Move through the stages of grief and come to peaceful acceptance.” Now I tell those who are mourning all the time: “Grieve well.”

-Fr. Cedric Pisegna, C.P.