From the Pulpit…
Laughter and Tears
I believe that humor is common with the faithful, because they know that whatever happens is not the last word. In the trusting man, woman, youth, or child is the belief that this event, painful as it might be, is not the end. At the end is God, and even now, within this experience, God is with us. As a result of this kind of faith, I have seen people express gentle humor in their grief and still have the capacity for laughter when their burden seemed overwhelming.
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