Kathleen (Kit) BEHAN (née Delaney)

Died on March 20, 2018

he death has occurred of Kathleen (Kit) BEHAN (née Delaney)
Cloughabrody Heights, Thomastown, Kilkenny

Kit died on Sunday in the loving care of the Matron and Staff at St Columba’s Hospital, Thomastown. Kit was wife of the late Charlie, Mount Juliet. She is deeply regretted and sadly missed by her loving family, sons, daughters, sons-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandchildren, great grandchildren, brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, extended family, relatives and friends. May Kit Rest in Peace. Reposing at St Columba’s Hospital Chapel from 4pm on Monday with Rosary and Vigil Prayers at 7pm followed by removal to the Church of the Assumption, Thomastown. Requiem Mass at 11am on Tuesday followed by interment in St Mary’s New Cemetery, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny.

Date Published: Monday 19th March 2018

Date of Death: Sunday 18th March 2018

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Reflection

Jesus tells his disciples to look at him and touch him. Then he asks them for something to eat. What does Pope Francis say we can learn from these three actions of Jesus?
The second verb is to touch. By inviting the disciples to touch him, to verify that he is not a ghost—touch me!— Jesus indicates to them and to us that the relationship with him and with our brothers and sisters cannot remain “at a distance.” Christianity does not exist at a distance; Christianity does not exist only at the level of looking. Love requires looking and it also requires closeness; it requires contact, the sharing of life. The Good Samaritan did not limit himself to looking at that man whom he found half dead along the road: he stopped, he bent down, he treated his wounds, he touched him, he loaded him onto his mount and took him to the inn. And it is the same with Jesus himself: loving him means entering into a communion of life, a communion with him.
Being Christian is not first a doctrine or a moral ideal; it is a living relationship with him, with the Risen Lord: we look at him, we touch him, we are nourished by him and, transformed by his Love; we look at, touch and nourish others as brothers and sisters.
Pope Francis,