It is always there: in the mute presence of death throughout our life, in the loneliness which is there even when we are quite near to our beloved, in the colourless daily round, in the thankless performance of our duty selfishly exploited by others, in the fatigue and deterioration of our life, which was once so marvellously colourful and exuberant. (religion-online.org)
In the past, the pervasive presence of death often stimulated rich, biblically - informed reflections on the good news of resurrection and its implications for the Christian life. (firstthings.com)
And God be praised that in the midst of crisis and even the near presence of death, there is place for playful imagination, for humor, for laughter, for caricature, for irreverance, for wild hyperbole — and in all of this, and because of it all, an implicit display of human affection. (religion-online.org)