
Stop the Game: Remembering Miller Gardner, the Son of a Yankee
As the New York crowd fell silent for Brett Gardner’s 14-year-old son, the moment echoed a truth deeper than baseball: without faith and family, even our greatest games fall short.
As the New York crowd fell silent for Brett Gardner’s 14-year-old son, the moment echoed a truth deeper than baseball: without faith and family, even our greatest games fall short.
Joining the Pope, Catholic clergy around the country offered prayers for the deceased and condolences for victims’ loved ones, as well as suggested ways the faithful can help those who have experienced such a tragedy.
As the nation mourns, we turn to our loving Father who brings healing, peace and mercy.
Every loss of a loved one brings pain and sadness, but through our faith in Jesus Christ comes the hope to one day be reunited and the strength to continue on.
The mutual love of Patti Armstrong and her late husband, Mark, has truly been ‘an image of the absolute and unfailing love with which God loves man.’
The main message is simply that you have not forgotten them or the person they love.
For all the clichés, the Catholic triduum of death, resting and resurrection is, at the heart, a traditional ritual of mourning, community and remembrance of a life well lived, traditionally in the family home but adapted for current times and locales.
‘He expresses his spiritual closeness to all those suffering from this unspeakable tragedy, especially the families who lost loved ones,’ said an Oct. 28 telegram.
Italian Bishop Luca Raimondi said that ‘the Pope and Luca’s mother cried together.’
Church and online communities offer needed support.
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