Did
an angel whisper in your ear
And
hold you close and take away your fear
In
those long last moments
Amateur Brain Surgeon likes to imagine that when he visits Our Lady Queen of Peace Cemetery in Wellington and he tries to accomplish a Plenary Indulgence * that God's Grace pours out upon his loved ones the spiritual equivalent of the water of relief.
Rick, is that you, my brother, who died way too young owing to a brain aneurysm? Lord have Mercy, Rick, ABS misses you and there is pain in his soul wondering if you made it there as he dampens his shirt in faithful wondering.
Please Lord, let it be true that his Guardian Angel comforted him and then snuck him into Purgatory during those long last moments...
You, over there - you men from the Ol' Sod and County Cork - experience the cool waters of God's Grace in your place of purgation and when y'all are released, pray for Amateur Brain Surgeon when God brings you into His kingdom.
And you, lurking in the shadows, you injuns of the Algonquin Tribe; yes, you are my brothers and sisters and ABS has not forgotten you and you must not forget ABS when God lifts you out of Purgatory and brings you into His Kingdom.
Dad; you can not be here in Purgatory can you? It was said of you that you were a true innocent. Lord have Mercy, if you are still undergoing a purgation after a decade, then ABS does not stand a chance of even sneaking into the lowest levels of Purgatory.
Dad, please forgive him for all the ways ABS was a bad son and pray for ABS when you are in Heaven for, as you so well know, your son is unworthy of your name.
* ABS tries his level best to gain a plenary indulgence but he knows his carnality makes it an impossible mission.
Still, with the Lord all things are possible...