SOLACE: Soul + Grief

Send us Fan Mail This week we imagine that last week of Jesus' life.  We experience his grief as he faces down his own doubts and fears, and remembers a friend with love. Brought to you by Catholic Cemeteries of San Jose/Gate of Heaven, Los Altos and Calvary Cemetery, San Jose SPIRITUAL DIRECTION IS AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE You can reach us at: ccoutreach@dsj.org To arrange personal spiritual...

Send us Fan Mail This week we travel again with Rilke to mine the tunnel of grief and look to God in Hosea 11 to answer us. Brought to you by Catholic Cemeteries of San Jose/Gate of Heaven, Los Altos and Calvary Cemetery, San Jose SPIRITUAL DIRECTION IS AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE You can reach us at: ccoutreach@dsj.org To arrange personal spiritual direction:  408-359-5542 Our theme music is:  Gentl...

Send us Fan Mail Today we recall the story of Lazarus through the eyes of Mary and Martha. Brought to you by Catholic Cemeteries of San Jose/Gate of Heaven, Los Altos and Calvary Cemetery, San Jose SPIRITUAL DIRECTION IS AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE You can reach us at: ccoutreach@dsj.org To arrange personal spiritual direction:  408-359-5542 Our theme music is:  Gentle Breeze by Yeti Music from the a...

Send us Fan Mail This week we ask for God's support as we travel with Psalms of remembrance. Brought to you by Catholic Cemeteries of San Jose/Gate of Heaven, Los Altos and Calvary Cemetery, San Jose SPIRITUAL DIRECTION IS AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE You can reach us at: ccoutreach@dsj.org To arrange personal spiritual direction:  408-359-5542 Our theme music is:  Gentle Breeze by Yeti Music fro...

Send us Fan Mail St. Ignatius gave us a powerful prayer tool with the Examen.  Today we take our grieving to God with that tool. Brought to you by Catholic Cemeteries of San Jose/Gate of Heaven, Los Altos and Calvary Cemetery, San Jose SPIRITUAL DIRECTION IS AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE You can reach us at: ccoutreach@dsj.org To arrange personal spiritual direction:  408-359-5542 Our theme music is: ...

Send us Fan Mail Today we ask God to accompany us in the unbearable grief of miscarriage. Brought to you by Catholic Cemeteries of San Jose/Gate of Heaven, Los Altos and Calvary Cemetery, San Jose You can reach us at: ccoutreach@dsj.org To arrange personal spiritual direction:  408-359-5542 Our theme music is:  Gentle Breeze by Yeti Music from the album "Uppbeat" Additional music:   by A...

Send us Fan Mail Once again a grief friend, Linda, and I discuss the ways that grief isn't simple. Brought to you by Catholic Cemeteries of San Jose/Gate of Heaven, Los Altos and Calvary Cemetery, San Jose You can reach us at: ccoutreach@dsj.org To arrange personal spiritual direction:  408-359-5542 Our theme music is:  Gentle Breeze by Yeti Music from the album "Uppbeat" Additional...

Send us Fan Mail This week we travel with God and Thich Nhat Hanh the great Zen teacher who shows us how to hold our grief and not lose touch with the world.  His books include:  "How to Live when a Loved One Dies" and "No Mud, No Lotus". Brought to you by Catholic Cemeteries of San Jose/Gate of Heaven, Los Altos and Calvary Cemetery, San Jose You can reach us at: ccoutreach@ds...

Send us Fan Mail This week we meet up with Jesus after his final appearance to the Disciples on the beach.  After he has spoken his last words to them, we walk with him there. Prayers are from Rainer Maria Rilke's "Book of Hours" Brought to you by Catholic Cemeteries of San Jose/Gate of Heaven, Los Altos and Calvary Cemetery, San Jose You can reach us at: ccoutreach@dsj.org To arran...

Send us Fan Mail Today the Outreach Team from Catholic Cemeteries joins in conversation to discuss the ways grief arrives.  It's not simple.  We contemplate with Deuteronomy 30. Brought to you by Catholic Cemeteries of San Jose/Gate of Heaven, Los Altos and Calvary Cemetery, San Jose You can reach us at: ccoutreach@dsj.org To arrange personal spiritual direction:  408-359-5542 Our theme music...

Send us Fan Mail Today we continue to discuss and contrast  the difference between a therapist's responses to common questions about grief with our more spiritually centered ones.  Neither is better, and maybe both can help. Brought to you by Catholic Cemeteries of San Jose/Gate of Heaven, Los Altos and Calvary Cemetery, San Jose You can reach us at: ccoutreach@dsj.org To arrange personal spi...

Send us Fan Mail Today we discuss and contrast  the difference between a therapist's responses to common questions about grief with our more spiritually centered ones.  Neither is better, and maybe both can help. Brought to you by Catholic Cemeteries of San Jose/Gate of Heaven, Los Altos and Calvary Cemetery, San Jose You can reach us at: ccoutreach@dsj.org To arrange personal spiritual direc...

Send us Fan Mail This week, God walks with us as we examine our close love relationships with those we've lost.  How that love continues to endure with God's help. Prayers from:  St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Teresa of Ávila Brought to you by Catholic Cemeteries of San Jose/Gate of Heaven, Los Altos and Calvary Cemetery, San Jose You can reach us at: ccoutreach@dsj.org To arrange personal s...

Send us Fan Mail Join us this week to explore how we grieve together; especially when public events put us in that place.  Find where God walks with us. Prayers from:  "The Dream of a Poem" translated, edited and introduced by Peter Cole Brought to you by Catholic Cemeteries of San Jose/Gate of Heaven, Los Altos and Calvary Cemetery, San Jose You can reach us at: ccoutreach@dsj.org To ar...

Send us Fan Mail Today we remember those we've lost in service to our country and honor their memory. Prayers collected by Anita Diamant. Brought to you by Catholic Cemeteries of San Jose/Gate of Heaven, Los Altos and Calvary Cemetery, San Jose You can reach us at: ccoutreach@dsj.org To arrange personal spiritual direction:  408-359-5542 Our theme music is:  Gentle Breeze by Yeti Music from t...

Send us Fan Mail This week God walks with us as we take time for sadness. Brought to you by Catholic Cemeteries of San Jose/Gate of Heaven, Los Altos and Calvary Cemetery, San Jose You can reach us at: ccoutreach@dsj.org To arrange personal spiritual direction:  408-359-5542 Our theme music is:  Gentle Breeze by Yeti Music from the album "Uppbeat". Additional music:  Autumn Rain NaturesE...

Send us Fan Mail This week we consider the quality of small losses in our lives and how the pain of those are just as real.  Let God walk with you as you are present for those. Brought to you by Catholic Cemeteries of San Jose/Gate of Heaven, Los Altos and Calvary Cemetery, San Jose You can reach us at: ccoutreach@dsj.org To arrange personal spiritual direction:  408-359-5542 Our theme music is: ...

Send us Fan Mail This week we walk with God in the pain of not having the chance to say goodbye to a loved one as they died.  Begin to heal that now. Brought to you by Catholic Cemeteries of San Jose/Gate of Heaven, Los Altos and Calvary Cemetery, San Jose You can reach us at: ccoutreach@dsj.org To arrange personal spiritual direction:  408-359-5542 Our theme music is:  Gentle Breeze by Yeti Music...

Send us Fan Mail This week  we remember our private grief.   Expressing our grief in private can become a meaningful and Sacred experience. Brought to you by Catholic Cemeteries of San Jose/Gate of Heaven, Los Altos and Calvary Cemetery, San Jose You can reach us at: ccoutreach@dsj.org To arrange personal spiritual direction:  408-359-5542 Our theme music is:  Gentle Breeze by Yeti Music from the...

Send us Fan Mail This week we walk with God in our present moment of Grief.  Based on the writings of 18th century French Jesuit, Jean-Pierre de Caussade, he points the way to experience each moment as a sacrament.  In grief or in mourning, we cultivate the Presence that brings us divine Solace. Brought to you by Catholic Cemeteries of San Jose/Gate of Heaven, Los Altos and Calvary Cemetery, San J...

Send us Fan Mail Join us the a garden full of cherry blossoms as we walk with God through our grief. Contemplation and reflection with Japanese haiku as our basis. Go with God. Brought to you by Catholic Cemeteries of San Jose/Gate of Heaven, Los Altos and Calvary Cemetery, San Jose You can reach us at: ccoutreach@dsj.org Music is Gentle Breeze by Yeti Music from the album "Uppbeat".

Send us Fan Mail In grief we walk with God in a place that is difficult because of fresh wounds of loss. Take 10 minutes to reflect on the movement and see what support it will offer to have Him  there with you. Brought to you by Catholic Cemeteries of San Jose/Gate of Heaven, Los Altos and Calvary Cemetery, San Jose You can reach us at: ccoutreach@dsj.org Music is Gentle Breeze by Yeti Music from...

Send us Fan Mail An interview with Kathy Fanger about the death of her parents and how God continues to move with her in her grief journey.  Brought to you by Catholic Cemeteries in San Jose, California.  CONGRATULATIONS TO KATHY ON HER RETIREMENT; SHE WILL BE SORELY MISSED BY THE CEMETERY STAFF, AND ME. Brought to you by Catholic Cemeteries of San Jose/Gate of Heaven, Los Altos and Calvary Cemete...