in death we can love and care for ever, Dr. Salvador Aguirre
These
things came to mind this morning as I recalled last night’s conversation with
my mother. While we were seated at table
she talked to me about her preparations for leaving us behind – her wishes, her
unfulfilled dreams, her unfinished businesses she wanted me to finish. And as she was saying these things memories
keep flashing – past memories of the family, past memories of her strength and
her beauty, memories of those wonderful times, carefree times, the beautiful
times we had when we were family. I was
speechless and yet I was listening intently.
Time is swift. Time is unforgiving
in its progression. How I wish I could
stop time. How I wish I could stop it in
its march towards death. But I could not
for it would seem that death conquers time.
I could not love forever because death conquers time. I could not care for you forever because
death would eventually catch up with us.
And
yet we are afraid of the very thing that can stop time - very afraid in fact. We see death as the end. We view death with disdain and fear. And yet it is in death that we conquer time,
when everything in our lives shall become timeless – a time when our love for
one another shall no longer be limited by time – a time when our presence for
each other can go on and on and on unhindered and unshackled by time. Though we celebrate anniversaries with joy
and laughter, with songs and dances even - for a day, yes, because time would
eventually catch up with us. But in
death we enter timelessness and love, which is the reason for our
anniversaries, would finally prevail and unimpeded.
That
is what we celebrate tonight for Dr. Aguirre.
This is the very reason for Easter for in this season of Easter when
Christ conquered death that conquered time we can now live and love
forever. Thanks be to our Lord Jesus
Christ.
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