Comments on: And To Dust You Shall Return http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/and-to-dust-you-shall-return/ A Catholic Social Commentary Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:08:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Matthew Warner http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/and-to-dust-you-shall-return/comment-page-1/#comment-50330 Matthew Warner Thu, 05 May 2011 13:40:45 +0000 http://www.fallibleblogma.com/?p=727#comment-50330 Mr Abram - good question! The fact that we are temporarily separated from our bodies at death is one of the most appropriate times to remind us of this reality - not just because the deceased person is actually experiencing the reality at that very moment (their body is temporarily returning to dust), but because it is also a reminder to the rest of us in attendance that we, too, face the same end. And the only thing that brings life back to that dust is Jesus Christ - particularly through his resurrection and overcoming of death itself. I hope that answers your question! Mr Abram – good question! The fact that we are temporarily separated from our bodies at death is one of the most appropriate times to remind us of this reality – not just because the deceased person is actually experiencing the reality at that very moment (their body is temporarily returning to dust), but because it is also a reminder to the rest of us in attendance that we, too, face the same end.

And the only thing that brings life back to that dust is Jesus Christ – particularly through his resurrection and overcoming of death itself.

I hope that answers your question!

]]> By: Mr Abram Bethuel Molifi http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/and-to-dust-you-shall-return/comment-page-1/#comment-50324 Mr Abram Bethuel Molifi Thu, 05 May 2011 13:01:58 +0000 http://www.fallibleblogma.com/?p=727#comment-50324 What I want to know is, Do we have to do that everytime when we burry someone/or body what I realised is that Adam was alive when God told him this so what is the use of telling the body which the owner is already out of it? help me please I love this. email to me please What I want to know is, Do we have to do that everytime when we burry someone/or body what I realised is that Adam was alive when God told him this so what is the use of telling the body which the owner is already out of it? help me please I love this. email to me please

]]> By: Chantae http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/and-to-dust-you-shall-return/comment-page-1/#comment-47389 Chantae Wed, 16 Mar 2011 04:42:18 +0000 http://www.fallibleblogma.com/?p=727#comment-47389 I loved that so much, thank you! I feel so blessed to have come across your blog. It was no accident I'm sure. :-) I loved that so much, thank you! I feel so blessed to have come across your blog. It was no accident I’m sure. :-)

]]> By: How Your iPhone Can Help You During Lent - Fallible Blogma http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/and-to-dust-you-shall-return/comment-page-1/#comment-46898 How Your iPhone Can Help You During Lent - Fallible Blogma Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:34:28 +0000 http://www.fallibleblogma.com/?p=727#comment-46898 [...] have the urge to open one up, I’m going to instead take it as an opportunity to remember that I am dust and to dust I shall return. And most importantly, that I am preparing for the greatest celebration in the Church: Easter. [...] [...] have the urge to open one up, I’m going to instead take it as an opportunity to remember that I am dust and to dust I shall return. And most importantly, that I am preparing for the greatest celebration in the Church: Easter. [...]

]]> By: Amanda http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/and-to-dust-you-shall-return/comment-page-1/#comment-1743 Amanda Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:14:48 +0000 http://www.fallibleblogma.com/?p=727#comment-1743 What a great ending.... Also, I am not sure that I ever knew about the relation of the ashes to the garden...Thank you... What a great ending…. Also, I am not sure that I ever knew about the relation of the ashes to the garden…Thank you…

]]> By: Jon D. Wilke http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/and-to-dust-you-shall-return/comment-page-1/#comment-1712 Jon D. Wilke Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:04:17 +0000 http://www.fallibleblogma.com/?p=727#comment-1712 This is my first time to the site, but won't be my last...Well-written post! jon This is my first time to the site, but won’t be my last…Well-written post!
jon

]]> By: Manya http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/and-to-dust-you-shall-return/comment-page-1/#comment-1711 Manya Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:43:51 +0000 http://www.fallibleblogma.com/?p=727#comment-1711 You explain confusing things so simply that they're easy to "get." Thank you! Marianne You explain confusing things so simply that they’re easy to “get.” Thank you!

Marianne

]]> By: Raul (rap584 in Twitter) http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/and-to-dust-you-shall-return/comment-page-1/#comment-1710 Raul (rap584 in Twitter) Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:34:27 +0000 http://www.fallibleblogma.com/?p=727#comment-1710 Another nice blog entry. I had forgotten the tie to Adam and Eve, thanks for the refresher! Another nice blog entry. I had forgotten the tie to Adam and Eve, thanks for the refresher!

]]> By: Fred Stemp http://fallibleblogma.com/index.php/and-to-dust-you-shall-return/comment-page-1/#comment-1709 Fred Stemp Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:33:08 +0000 http://www.fallibleblogma.com/?p=727#comment-1709 Matthew, Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed this post and I plan on using this to help my children better understand this. Nice job! Pax Vobis and God Bless! +jmj+ Matthew,

Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed this post and I plan on using this to help my children better understand this. Nice job!

Pax Vobis and God Bless!
+jmj+

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