Mourning

The Resurrection by Christ of the son Daniel of the widow of Nain - James Tissot, Brooklyn Museum.

Mourning the death of a loved one is something natural, even if painful. But this trial does not justify falling into Discouragement, or even despair, because God has overcome death.

In "The Gospel as Revealed to Me"

• Jesus comforts Elisa who is very deeply affected morally by the death of her Family (her husband and her two sons).
• "All mourning ceases when one lives the day of the Lord. Death loses its harshness because the loss of a son, a husband, a father, a mother, or a brother becomes a temporary and limited separation."
• Commentary by Maria Valtorta: "Those present, with a good intention, or with a hardness that is not, silence those who lament having lost a parent. I compare this attitude with the gentleness of Jesus who feels compassion for the suffering of the orphan and does not expect from him a heroism that would not be natural..."

In Key Christian Texts

In the Bible

• You have turned my mourning into dancing; you have taken off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent. Lord my God, I will praise you forever.
• God did not make death, and does not delight in the death of the living. (Wisdom 1:13)
• And through the envy of the devil death entered the world (Wisdom 2:24)

In the Catechism of the Catholic Church

• "You did not abandon him to the power of death."

Notes and references

Note: Quotations from the work of Maria Valtorta on this page currently use machine-translated text and will gradually be replaced by the official English translation. Until then, the official translation may be consulted through the reference link provided with each quotation.