October 27 – Feeling Our Losses/ Dia de Muertos
We have all felt loss and grief in our lives. As a community we have lost dear friends and loved ones. What can we learn across cultures about loss?
This year, we will embrace the Mexican/Indigenous celebration of “Dia de Muertos” as part of our month of feeling. While we are situated in Virginia and we are not a predominantly Latin-x congregation, we can learn from the example set by this cultural expression of being present with loss and grief. The outward symbols are intriguing to everyone and spark our curiosity, but it is the internal message and the spiritual context of that message that can speak to us all.