An Easter Story by Rev Tom GordonChaplain to Marie Curie Hospice, Edinburgh |
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On Good Friday, I was asked, as chaplain in the hospice, to say prayers with an elderly man who was dying. This I was happy to do, though, given that the man was unconscious, I was a little reticent about the process. However, prayer is a deeper thing than our consciousness can absorb, and, aware of the deep Christian conviction of the man, I sat with him for a while, held his hand while I said a prayer, and gave him a blessing. It was a moment of profound holiness, and, before I departed, I left one of the Amos Scripture Care cards on the cover of his bed as a mark of what he and I had shared together. Later that day, the man's family came to visit, sat with their dad, and also prayed the prayer on the card. The old man died peacefully in the early hours of Easter Day, and, in discussing things with the family afterwards, they confessed to have been greatly supported by the little card, symbolising as it did the deeper and continuing commitment to prayer and the blessing of God's love. That Easter, even in the reality of dying, God's blessing was very real indeed. |
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Sandra Endicot of our administration team |
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Four of our young graphic designers |
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