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"Death is a door": memorial service for corona victims is intended to give relatives consolation

2021-04-18T16:26:26.606Z


119 people from the district have so far fallen victim to Corona. An ecumenical service in the Freising Cathedral was supposed to give consolation to the mourners.


119 people from the district have so far fallen victim to Corona.

An ecumenical service in the Freising Cathedral was supposed to give consolation to the mourners.

The divine service was headed “Farewell!”, Which could also be followed virtually and which was intended to help overcome many of the loss experiences of the past few months. A picture by the Freising artist Maria Kiess was displayed in the cathedral: a small ship in the middle of the whipped sea. A symbol for insecurity, fear, also for panic and powerlessness, and for growing impatience, when “land is in sight again” - this is how Sabine Moosheimer, parish officer of the parish of St. Georg, interpreted the work.

"Corona expects us to say goodbye," said Moosheimer.

She is not only thinking of farewells and funerals, which often did not go as one would wish for consolation.

She also thinks of the many people who have died lonely.

She thinks of children who have had no contact with their peers for months, who are “left behind in their development opportunities”.

She is also thinking of young adults who would have to do without so many things - from graduation celebrations to visiting grandparents to casual meeting others.

The community officer doesn't just keep an eye on the fatalities

She also thinks of business people, restaurateurs and cultural workers, all of whom fear for their existence.

And she thinks of the soul pain of single people as well as of those who suffered from the consequences of this unpredictable disease for a long time.

“Farewell!” Does not only mean farewell, but is also intended as a perspective: as a wish that the other is well, that he lives well.

"My God, what do you expect us to do?" That is the question that comes to his mind again and again in these times of the pandemic, says Freising Dean Christian Weigl.

Why so much loss of contacts, of relationships, of a fulfilled lifetime?

Weigl confessed that there was no answer to this.

Why God expects us to do this, why death is part of life, man does not know.

But be sure of one thing: "God is always there."

Comforting words from the dean

According to Weigl, dying is a journey, death a door “to go through”.

The human wish that “someone” had to be there, he answered: “This someone is God.” And so “Farewell!” Means to give away a loved one, but also to say to him: “You will continue to live elsewhere . ”And there, Weigl gave consolation and confidence, one is“ much more at home than we can be on earth ”.

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Source: merkur

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