Hard to say “Goodbye”
Dear Friends of Carmel Mission,
I don’t know about you, but I find it difficult to say “Goodbye” to people, especially when they have become part of my life.
The disciples spent three years preparing for a long Goodbye. They would soon learn, through the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, the true meaning of Goodbye. We also live our lives
learning the same lesson – that when we part from someone, it is merely a temporary time of absence and that love alone lasts forever.
Let me leave you with the final words from the poem “Adios”, by Naomi Shihab Nye, one of my favorite poets:
Think of what you love best,
What brings tears into your eyes.
Something that said adios to you
before you knew what it meant
or how long it was for.
Explain little. The word explains itself.
Later perhaps. Lessons following lessons,
like silence following sound.
Blessings,
Fr. Paul
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