Requiescat in Pace

On this day of All Souls, I would like to remember and pray for:


My mom, Lucy
My brother Johnny
My baby nephew Isaac
My fraternal and maternal grandparents, Juan & Lita, Tobias and Gina
My great aunt Antonia
My uncles Manuel and Epifanio
My Aunts Irma, Carmen, Lupe, Helen
My cousins Ruben, David, Jackie
My friends America, Stella, "Mercy"

And for all the souls in Purgatory who have no one to pray for them...

I dedicate this song, "Fly" from Jars of Clay. This song is especially fitting in regards to my mom, whom I stayed by her side during her 10 month battle recovering from Cryptococcal Encephalitis. She was in the hospital for months, and wound up contracting MRSA. It was just one more virus she could not handle, and she succumbed within a month of contracting it... the song is fitting because i would hold her hand while she underwent all sorts of tests and wound care, and together, along with hospital staff, we would pray the Divine Mercy chaplet. The staff weren't even Catholic, but they would join in the prayer nonetheless because it seemed to calm my mom down ... This song just reminds me of the sleepless nights at her bedside, holding her hand....

"Fly"

[verse]
Be still
Let your hand melt into mine
The part of me
That breathes when you breathe
Is losing time
I can't find the words to say
I'll never say goodbye

[chorus]
And I'll fly with you
Through the night so you know
I'm not letting go
I'm not letting go
Tears like rain fill up the sky
Oh my love
I'm not letting go
I won't let you go

[verse]
I saw a host of silent angels
Waiting on their own
Knowing that all the promises
Of faith come alive
When you see home
Hold still and let your
Hand melt into mine

[chorus]

[bridge]
Shed your heart and your breath
And your pain and fly
Now your alive

Now you're alive
Now you're alive
Now you're alive

I won't let you go
I'm not letting go