¶ Navigating Grief With Faith and Healing
We welcome you to Solace: Soul + Grief . I'm glad you're here . I'm Candee Lucas , a Jesuit-trained Catholic chaplain and spiritual director . I've been involved with a bereavement ministry since 2009 . We know that loss can make profound changes in people's lives .
We understand how difficult it is to travel this path of grief and how important and monumental the loss of a loved one can be . So we created this podcast to help you walk with God as you grieve your losses , understand what's happening in your heart and soul as you grieve , to be available in the best way we can to accompany you on this journey .
You're always welcome in this circle of healing , love and support . This episode is inspired by the writings of Agnes Sanford . Agnes Sanford she was born in China as the daughter of a Presbyterian missionary and became the wife of an Episcopalian rector . Her approach to healing through prayer has been uncomplicated and very confident of God's loving power to heal .
Her approach is Christ-centered and church-centered . The references here are to her much-loved book , "the Healing Light . The first step to produce results in any power is to contact that power . Therefore , the first step in seeking help from God is to contact God , be still and know that I am God .
Let us then lay aside our worries and cares , quiet our minds and concentrate upon the reality of God . We may not know who God is or what God is , but we know that there is something that sustains this universe , and that something is not ourselves . So the first step is to relax and to remind ourselves that there is a source of life outside of us .
The second step is to connect with this life by some such prayer as this Heavenly Father , please increase in me , increase in me at this time , your life-giving power . The third step is to believe that this power is coming into use and to accept it by faith , and to accept it by faith .
No matter how much we ask for something , it becomes ours only as we accept it and give thanks for it . Thank you , we can say that your life is now coming into me and increasing life in my spirit and in my mind and in my body . The fourth step is to observe in , observe the operations life .
In order to do so , we must decide on some tangible thing that we wish to accomplish by that power , so that we can know without question whether our experiment succeeded or failed ?
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And Jesus said to him I will come and cure him . The centurion answered Lord , I am not worthy to have you come under my roof , but only speak the word and my servant will be healed . For I also am a man under authority , with soldiers under me , and I say to one Go and he goes , and to another , come and he comes .
And to my slave Do this and the slave does it . When Jesus heard this , when Jesus heard him , he was amazed and said to those who followed him Truly , I tell you , in no one in Israel have I found such faith . And to the centurion , jesus said Go , let it be done for you according to your faith . And the servant was healed in that hour .
How does the story of the centurion inform our grief journey ? It is by pointing out that our prayers to God , as he accompanies us , should be specific . We cannot say-- relieve me from my mourning-- . We cannot say-- take away all my tears-- . What we can say are things like- -bring healing to my heart , help me , expand my heart .
Help me see this journey more clearly . Please accompany me on this journey-- . Should all our grief suddenly vanish , would it not take with it all of our love ? Where is not the source of that grief , all our love ? We remember and we hold dear those that have left us in this temporal life .
We hold their memories , we hold their hands in our memories , we hold their gaze in our memories . We hold their gaze in our memory and sometimes it can be as clear to us as a bird on a sunny day , and sometimes it is as if a fog between us .
But we do know that when that fog lifts , when our path is cleared by God's intervention and healing , the vision will become a crystal clear jewel in our hearts that carries our day forward , that leads us back into love , that carries our purpose forward and reminds us of the healing that continues day to day .
¶ Weekly Spiritual Podcast Host Sign-Off
That concludes another episode . A new one drops every Friday . Please join us on Spotify , Amazon Music or Apple . Thank you for joining us . Spiritual direction is always available . See my contact email in the show notes . This is Candee Lucas , your host , chaplain and spiritual director . Go with God . Namaste-- - . Vaya con Dios .