[Oe List ...] From Daudi Barnes

[Herman Greene]

How beautiful and wonderful.

 

Herman

 

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From: oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf
Of Gordon Harper
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 2:31 PM
To: Order Ecumenical Community; Colleague Dialogue
Subject: [Oe List ...] From Daudi Barnes

 

Daudi is sharing this tribute to his father:




The blessed life of Mutiso John Rupert has come to that special place of
discontinuity. 
 
The memory of his gentleness and excitedness is what we are left with.
 
A week ago he wrote these words -
 
        In spite of the shortness of time, life is wonderfully
        good. I feel continual gratitude for all the love and
        care I get, and not just from other people. This is
        the hymn of thankgiving I recite many times a day:
 
        Thanks for all your love and care
        and for the beauty of your face
        in flowers and forests, fields
        and forms of humankind and beasts.
        Thanks for families
        fellowship and friends.
 
        Thanks for the fullness of your grace
        and for each step and every breath
        that lead me to a blessed death
 
        May you all be blessed abundantly as I have been
        blessed.
        Mutiso Kalai (John-Rupert Barnes)
 
 
He was dearly loved.
 
A notice of his memorial will be sent out in the upcoming days.
 
Any of your thoughts and expressions will be welcome.
Please send me any recent or favorite photos that you may have.
 
Grace and Peace
 
Daudi Malcolm Xavier Barnes
2nd son of John Rupert Barnes Mutiso wa Kali
 
 
 
We'll also create a page on the Completions section of the Repository
 
 (http://twiki.wedgeblade.net/bin/view.cgi/Main/CompletedLives) 
 
for photos and stories that I know many of us will want to share.  I believe
Linda is currently putting together a little sketch of Rupert's life and
will be sending out news about funeral and memorial arrangements shortly.
 
Gordon

 

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