God calls us to comfort the mourning. When the sister of one of our small Christian Community members passed away, we struggled with how to comfort them.
We discovered a video on an ancient Jewish tradition called “Sitting Shiva,” which seemed to share the Latin root of, “compassion” which means, “to suffer with.” The intent is to sit with the mourning person, with no expectations for conversation, but to simply be present and suffer with them.
Click here for audio reflection: https://soundcloud.com/prayfortwo/pray-for-2-sitting-shiva
Click here for full text: http://www.godislove.blog/prayfor2/2020/1/14/sitting-shiva