"The great and sad mistake of a few, very good, it s' imagine that those whom death takes us leave. They do not leave us, they stay. Where are they? In the shade? Oh! No! It is we who are in the shade. They are next to us under a veil, more present than ever. We do not see, because a "dark cloud" surrounds us, but we see them. They keep their beautiful eyes full of glory, fixed on our eyes full of tears. O unspeakable consolation, the dead are invisible, but they are not absent.
I've often thought about what might comfort those who mourn. Here it is: it is faith, actual and uninterrupted presence of our beloved dead. That intuition clear, penetrating through the death, they are not extinguished or distant or even absent, but live near us. "
Bougaud Bishop Louis, Bishop of Laval in Mayenne
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