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		<title>Talking About End-of-Life Decisions With Your Parent</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we were children and adolescents, our parents had the challenging responsibility of talking with us about difficult topics. Teaching us the facts of life, guiding us to choose good friends, and cautioning us about smoking and drug use were never easy discussions to have. Raising these topics was doubly hard for our parents because&#160;<a href="http://www.abbeycaskets.com/archives/4569" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reverence: The Image of God Respected</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpted from "Kindred Spirits" written by Archabbot Justin DuVall, OSB  “The younger monks must respect their seniors, and the seniors must love their juniors.” —The Rule of St. Benedict, Ch. 63 The monastery cemetery is a place of order. Four quadrants of seven rows each; nice neat rows of markers, each bearing a name and&#160;<a href="http://www.abbeycaskets.com/archives/4528" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Francis of Assisi Embracing &quot;Sister Death&quot; With Hope</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Birth and death provide the bookends on our lives. Yet we live in a culture that often fails to recognize death as an integral part of life. We can become so focused on the obvious negative aspects of death—separation from loved ones, the perceived darkness of death, fear that death’s approach will be unbearably painful,&#160;<a href="http://www.abbeycaskets.com/archives/4552" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dignity: The Image of God Acknowledged</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 19:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpted from "Kindred Spirits" written by Archabbot Justin DuVall, OSB “Care of the sick must rank above and before all else, so that they may truly be served as Christ …” —The Rule of St. Benedict, Ch. 36 Among the scenes painted on the east wall of the Chapter Room at Saint Meinrad Archabbey is&#160;<a href="http://www.abbeycaskets.com/archives/4520" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Giving Your Worries to God</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I can’t. God can. I think I’ll let God.” I came upon those words at the bottom of the last pile of psychology and religion and self-help books I was go­ing to consult. I came upon them behind the door of the last doctor’s office I could force myself to visit. I came upon them&#160;<a href="http://www.abbeycaskets.com/archives/4561" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Comfort for Your Grief in Christmas Traditions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the holiday classic by Meredith Wilson merrily ob­serves, “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!” Houses twinkle with thousands of lights and through windows you can see the glow of Christmas trees. Cheery holiday tunes are playing nearly everywhere you go. Shops are filled with holiday shoppers and Christmas cards arrive daily from&#160;<a href="http://www.abbeycaskets.com/archives/4581" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hope: The Confidence in Something Unseen</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpted from "Kindred Spirits" written by Archabbot Justin DuVall, OSB “Never lose hope in God’s mercy.”  —The Rule of St. Benedict, Ch. 4 At one point in the ceremony in which a monk makes his final profession, he chants this verse from the Psalms: “Uphold me, O Lord, according to your promise and I shall&#160;<a href="http://www.abbeycaskets.com/archives/4510" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Create a Great Funeral Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, this is a real “holiday.” Observed on October 30th, this holiday was registered in 1999 as a day for people to think about how they want to be remembered and let your family know your plans. Avoid a “Facelift Funeral” with Create a Great Funeral Day by Gail Rubin acknowledges the fear that people&#160;<a href="http://www.abbeycaskets.com/archives/4368" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Regarding cremation, Christian funerals and Burials</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The Church’s teaching on funerals, cremation and burial is summarized in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. At number 2300 in that document, the official teaching states: The bodies of the dead must be treated with respect and charity, in faith and hope of the Resurrection. The burial of the dead is a corporal&#160;<a href="http://www.abbeycaskets.com/archives/4418" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Grief: The Loss of Something Good</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excerpted from "Kindred Spirits," written by Archabbot Justin DuVall, OSB “Day by day remind yourself that you are going to die.” —The Rule of St. Benedict, Ch. 4  Bell no. 5 tolls … One stroke for each year of profession … A monk has died. The toll of the bell is the way death is&#160;<a href="http://www.abbeycaskets.com/archives/4353" class="read-more">Continue Reading</a>]]></description>
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