Gentle Keeping: Prayers and Services for Remembering Departed Loved Ones Throughout the Year

Description

At last a book of simple prayers and prayer services for those who mourn that is intended for use at the dining room table or on the living room couch. Author and bereavement ministry leader Mauryeen O’Brien offers grieving loved ones words for remembering those who have died. Designed for use in the home with family and friends, Gentle Keeping offers comfort for the grieving and gentle guidance on leading prayer. With prayers for particular people and special occasions, these twenty-eight simple prayers and twenty-five prayer services sustain those who mourn through the ordinary and not-so-ordinary days of the year.

Author

Mauryeen O’Brien, O.P., is Director of Separated Divorced and Bereaved Ministry at the Family Life Office for the Archdiocese of Hartford, Connecticut. She is past president of the board of trustees for the National Catholic Ministry to the Bereaved. A native of New York and graduate of the University of Notre Dame, O’Brien is also a member of the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs.