You don’t have to enroll in the school of dying graces to learn its costly lessons.
When his beautiful and brilliant wife was diagnosed with cancer, Dr. Richard Felix became convinced that, through faith, the best medical science, and fervent prayer, she would be restored to health. Once it became apparent that her disease was not responding to treatment, however, Vivian Felix asked Richard to continue praying for her physical healing while she prepared herself spiritually for dying.
Unable to accept the possibility of her death, he prayed for a miracle. It arrived, though in unexpected form, when he gave himself to the graces of living that were forged in his beloved wife’s victorious dying:
- The grace of letting go
- The grace of seeing with the eyes of faith
- The grace of dependence
- The grace of surrender
- The grace of gratitude
- The grace of transformation
Give yourself to the graces of living that were forged in a journey of dying—and you’ll learn, as Richard Felix did, that the lessons may be costly, but the wisdom is priceless.