72 years old and Saint Jerome was right

Hovannes · Post by **Hovannes** » 09 Mar 2025, 20:45

"Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield"

Del · Post by **Del** » 10 Mar 2025, 08:32

I spent 30 minutes looking for a quote by Hillaire Belloc. It is somewhere in Old Thunder, the biography of Belloc by Joseph Pearce.

Paraphrasing....

In his nightly prayers, Belloc prayed by name for many of his loved ones, friends, and enemies.
And then he prayed by name for all of those loved ones, friends, and enemies who had passed on.

And as he grew older, it troubled him a bit that his prayers for the dead had grown so much longer than his prayers for the living.

FredS · Post by **FredS** » 10 Mar 2025, 10:46

A schoolmate died last week. Whenever this happens I head to the website of the funeral home in our hometown. I was mildly shocked that, besides Jody, I had to scroll to the third page before I found anyone I knew.

sweetandsour · Post by **sweetandsour** » 10 Mar 2025, 11:00

FredS wrote: 10 Mar 2025, 10:46 A schoolmate died last week. Whenever this happens I head to the website of the funeral home in our hometown. I was mildly shocked that, besides Jody, I had to scroll to the third page before I found anyone I knew.

You're too young to be doing that.

My old classmates aren't dropping like flies, but whenever I see old classmates, if I recognize who they are, they sure do look old.