Views From the Ground Floor, Part III: Those who Mourn

Interior, Saint-Pierre De Chauvigny

Blessed are those who mourn,
For they shall be comforted.

The word mourn means to feel sorrow or sadness; in it is human suffering and all of its many implications.

Mourning takes place as a sense of remorse or loss, especially the loss of loved ones. As such it automatically implies death; yet death is referred to here i…