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Author Smith, Harold Ivan, 1947-

Title Finding your way to say goodbye : comfort for the dying and those who care for them / Harold Ivan Smith.

Publication Info. Notre Dame, IN : Ave Maria Press, [2002]
©2002

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  248.86 S649F    Check Shelf
Description 221 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Part one: Introduction -- Defining a "good and blessed" death -- Meditating on the Psalms -- Part two: Admitting that you know -- Releasing control -- Asking your questions -- Dealing with privacy -- Grasping the present tense -- Crying -- Saying "no" or "NO"! to heroic measures -- Partnering with physicians -- Putting choices into writing -- Living until dying -- Dealing with the physical changes -- Embracing God -- Expressing anger -- Forgiving -- Befriending your fears -- Deciding how you want to be remembered -- Reviewing your life -- Making room in your dying for some living -- Making doxologies -- Making life easier for your survivors -- Making a valid will -- Giving it to them now! -- Guarding the gate -- Offering hospitality -- Making visitors comfortable -- Ignoring the well-intentioned -- Dealing with the strugglers -- Leaving an ethical will -- Composing your goodbyes -- Food for the journey -- Requesting and receiving the gifts of prayer -- Embracing the silences -- Accepting the mystery -- Telling your stories -- Holding on for special red-letter days -- Making room for humor -- Part three: Clinging to hope -- Enjoying dessert -- Choosing the time to die -- Finishing the race -- Endnotes.
Subject Terminally ill -- Religious life.
Death -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Terminally ill -- Psychology.
Death -- Psychological aspects.
ISBN 0877939756 paperback
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