JUNE 11
But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and
there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the unwise
they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery,
and their going from us to be utter destruction; but they are
in peace.
—THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON
3:1—3These words from the ancient wisdom of the Apocrypha
seem as contemporary now as they must have seemed when
they were first written. Our anxiety, our perception, our
hope, are all echoed here—as they have been through the
writings of the ages.
It is comforting to see how constant have been the ques-
tions and answers about death and what lies beyond. If so
many people, for so long, have strongly believed that when
we die we return to God and are at peace, then surely we,
too, can embrace this hope—for our loved ones, and for
ourselves.
In the wisdom of the ages may I find solace and hope.