Bab’s Cremation Homily

You will have noticed that my stole - this cloth around my neck - is purple on one side, white on the other.

The purple reflects our loss at Bab’s' death and departing. The white represents Bab’s delight at meeting God face to face and experiencing divine love immediately.

I encourage you to bear that in mind so that your bereavement and grief may be somewhat assuaged.

You see, thanks to the resurrection of Jesus Christ, I know that we have three not just two stages of living our lives.

First, there we were, in our mother's womb

Not breathing, just growing until, after some nine months, we are pushed out

and start breathing. Seeing our mother's face for the first time.

Now, here we are, in our second stage of life; breathing, seeing, learning, growing old - not, I hope, as a dog but as a fine wine. The title of my autobiography is “ a journey to eternity” – as all our lives are.

At death, we come to the end of the beginning - and the beginning of the end. 

We are born into eternity, as Babs  has been.

I, personally, can't wait to die and see the face of God for the first time

And be able to ask so many questions in my mind about creation.

As I can’t go back into my mother’s womb, I cannot come back to space-time and life on earth after I have been born into and am alive in eternity. Nor can Babs

So, I thank God for Bab's life, which, I learned was a very fine one.

She enriched so many lives by her kindness, her inner peace, humour and generosity.