Remember the Ramirez Family

Last week I asked you to remember the Ramirez family in your prayers at the death of their grandfather in Mexico. This morning we received the tragic news that Fernando's father has died in a Guadalajara Hospital. He was just 60 years old.

Fernando is one of the lead guitarists with the Cathedral Spanish Choir, and his children Luis (6th) Abbie (3rd) and Alan (K) are students in the Choir School.

A small consolation for the family has been that Fernando's parents were able to visit this fall and spend time seeing their grandchildren and two sons who reside here in Utah. It had been ten years since they had seen them last.

The Funeral Mass will be tomorrow morning at 900 AM in La Iglesia de Cristo Rey(pictured above), the parish church for the small village of Estipac, Jalisco, where the family resides.

During my sabbatical I had the privilege of visiting Estipac, a village about two hours outside of Guadalajara in the mountains, and I visited the home of Fernando's parents and was warmly welcomed by them.

Remember Roberto.
In baptism he died with Christ:
may he also share his resurrection,
when Christ will raise our mortal bodies
and make them like his own in glory.