“Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, and in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go.” - Jamie Anderson
During the season of Lent, we are offering two sessions exploring the many facets of grief and loss. The two sessions will build upon each other, and they will be held in three locations across the parish.
We are all experts at grieving. No one can get through this life without experiencing loss. As we move through the cycles and seasons of life, there are ways to resolve grief; ways that do not diminish our love and memories but help us to move through them so that we transform our experience of it.
Our faith in Christ gives us strength, as we come to 'remember' Jesus in the Eucharist, he becomes alive to us. As we and all our relations remember our loved ones, so also do they come alive in our hearts. This time we spend together will be a gentle time of sharing insights, deep listening, and walking together on the road.
The sessions will take place at:
Epiphany, Barry's Bay: Thursday March 13 and April 3: 12-1pm
Holy Trinity, Pembroke: Wednesday March 19 and April 9: 11am-12pm, following the 10am Mid-Week Eucharist
St. John the Evangelist, Eganville: Thursday March 27 and April 17: 5:30 - 6:30pm (The April 17 session will lead into the Maundy Thursday Service at 7pm)