Celeste Kennel-Shank

2 weeks ago | uscatholic.org | Nathaniel Hunter |Celeste Kennel-Shank

Longing brought me back to the hope of the resurrection. A longing stronger than any I had known, in the midst of a loss unlike any that came before. Eighteen months earlier, when my father died three days after Easter, I didn’t feel the disbelief about his death that is so common among mourners, whether or not one sees and touches the body. In its place, I felt finality, nothing beyond.