I attended Ed Keefe's funeral yesterday at Our Lady's Immaculate Heart in Ankeny. Ed had written responses to my Blog a few times as '.ed', and showed in them his penchant for an intelligent and passionate faith. He was a Catholic with a Pentecostal soul. That is, he had a vivid awareness of the Spirit's volcanic potential in the spiritual life if one is willing to be unsettled by His promptings.
The funeral liturgy was really magnificent, even as it was heart-wrenching to see his wife and family grieve.
May the Lord grant him full access to the Furnace that Azariah prayed in today, which burned in the Virgin Mary's Immaculate Heart, and in .ed's heart.
Thank you, Ed for your fiery witness to our faith and your unyielding commitment to serve the suffering neighbor. You will be missed.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord.
Amen.
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