Category: Visiting the Sick

• The Cruelty of Dementia – Taking Care of my Father

  

    Visiting the sick, it sounds easy enough, you visit someone who is sick, keep them company, bring them some food, take care of their kids, or bring them medicine.  My family has been the recipient of this corporal work of mercy, with each of our nine children.  Our friends and family would rise to…

  Allen Hébert

  August 26, 2015

  Corporal Works of Mercy, Unconditional Love, Visiting the Sick

  Corporal Works of Mercy, dementia, Family, Illness, Jesus Christ, Matthew 25, parenting, relationships, spiritual and corporal works of mercy, visit the sick

• Joyfully Visiting the Sick

  

  Our Time on This Earth is Short There can be joy in the dying process.  I remember my reaction when my father was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer.  It was significantly different from the other times I had experienced the loss of a loved one.  In the past, I felt somewhat devastated and every fiber…

  Denae Hebert

  August 23, 2015

  Articles, Corporal Works of Mercy, Joy, Serving Life, Unconditional Love, Visiting the Sick

  death, emotions, extended family, Family, love, Marriage, priorities, relationships

• Learning To Love During Death

  

  It’s Hard to Grow Closer to Someone you Know is Going to Die I grew up in a loving family, we were very service oriented — giving of our time, talent, and treasure to help those in need. My parents constantly set an example, to show love in everything you do; give of yourself to…

  victoriahebert

  August 13, 2015

  Articles, Corporal Works of Mercy, Joy, Unconditional Love, Visiting the Sick

  death, extended family, grandparents, holy family, love, parenting, priorities, relationships

• It’s All About Attitude

  Attitude, we all have one.  Our approach to a person, situation or event usually has a great influence on how it will turn out for us and everyone else involved.  One bad attitude can wreck an entire party.  The same thing can happen within our homes.  There is one chapter in the book Arms of…

  Allen Hébert

  April 15, 2015

  Articles, Corporal Works of Mercy, Joy, Practical Advice, Unconditional Love, Visiting the Sick

  death, emotions, empathy, love, parenting, relationships, suffering

• How to Be a Father after God’s own Heart

  

  The world needs strong, faith-filled fathers who are seeking to love as God loves.

  Allen Hébert

  March 4, 2015

  Articles, Corporal Works of Mercy, Family Prayer, God’s Plan for Family Life, Joy, Marriage, Unconditional Love, Visiting the Sick

  children, church, community, death, Family, fatherhood, fun, holy family, Marriage, parenting, Play, Prayer, relationships

• Are you Afraid of Dying?

  

  Family Funerals Funerals, everybody loves attending them, right?  If you are like me, you don’t look forward to attending a funeral.  Depending on who died, it may be a very somber event.  In my forty five years on this earth I have attended funerals for the young, old and everyone in between. Funerals are a…

  Allen Hébert

  February 11, 2015

  Articles, Community, Corporal Works of Mercy, Joy, Unconditional Love, Visiting the Sick

  aunts, children, community, cousins, death, extended family, Family, funerals, gossip, holy family, love, Marriage, parenting, Prayer, presence, priorities, relationships, steve jobs, uncles

• Joy in the Midst of Suffering

  

  We are a Joyful People We are called to be a joyful people, not because we are always happy or that things always go our way, but because we are children of God and He loves us with a never ending love.  Christians in the early Church had great joy and that joy was infectious,…

  Allen Hébert

  December 8, 2014

  Articles, Corporal Works of Mercy, Joy, Visiting the Sick