Father Hathaway’s mother, Marie Hassett Hathaway, died peacefully on Monday, January 29 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The Funeral Mass for Mrs. Hathaway will be Tuesday, February 6 at 10:30 am at The Basilica of St. Mary.
There will be a wake at Demaine Funeral Home on Washington Street on Monday, February 5 from 6:00-8:00pm.
Memorial gifts may be given to the American Heart Association or the St. Vincent De Paul Society of St. Mary’s in her memory.
Although we know that they have not left us behind forever but only gone ahead of us, still when death seizes our loved one, our loving hearts are saddened by death itself. Thus the Apostle Paul does not tell us not to grieve but not to grieve like those who are without hope.
Let us grieve, therefore, over the necessity of losing our loved ones in death but with the hope of being reunited with them. If we are afflicted we still find consolation. Our weakness weighs us down, but faith bears us up. We sorrow over the human condition, but find our healing in the divine promise.