When the Homily is about Immunology

More concerning the dead

The Fathers will often say that one should frequently be in contemplation of death. Not that my habit of reading the Obituaries is a pious response to this advice, rather it is something I "enjoy" doing from time to time. Sometimes you will find some very interesting tidbits of information and I think I might even walk away from the newspaper with some small portion of the benefits the Fathers have envisioned.

Almost without fail, most obituaries will end with: "In lieu of flowers, please make donations to ____________"

But one realtively young woman who lost her battle against breast cancer - we'll call her Denise - apparently had other ideas.

"In lieu of donations, Denise asks that you please send flowers."

No commentary to add...just thought it interesting.