The Spiritual Lives of Dying People

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Paul A. Scaglione. The Spiritual Lives of Dying People

THE SPIRITUAL LIVESOF DYING PEOPLE

Preface

Introduction

Maria

Ben

Sarah

Jack

Judy

Nick

Mary

Mildred

Tom

Teresa

Paul

Rachel

Joey

Rosa

Charlie

Conclusion

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Paul A. Scaglione dedicates this book

to the memory of my mother, Grace Marie Scaglione,

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Through Hilare Reinold, Paul met a woman who had inoperable stomach cancer. She was divorced and had not remarried—and was alienated from her family. She lived in a tiny bungalow in a blue-collar neighborhood. She went in and out of the hospital, and her only care came from neighbors and friends—plus Hilare and Paul. The day she died in the hospital, she was surrounded by a nurse, the hospital chaplain, and Paul. They held vigil by her bedside, holding her hands and praying and crying with her. She was waiting for a visit from an estranged son, but he never came.

At the end, “it felt right,” Paul says. “She died, but at her death she had a deep confidence that God was with her. God was her strength and anchor. She trusted God. The moment of her death was completion. You could see it on her face. God transformed her suffering and took it upon himself.”

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