Margaret Beck

Died on April 13, 2022

The death has occurred of Margaret Beck
Ladywell Street, Thomastown, Kilkenny

Margaret passed away on Wednesday, 13th April 2022, peacefully at home in Topanga Canyon, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA. Formerly of Ladywell Street, Thomastown. She is predeceased by her parents Christopher and Mary, and her partner Jim D’Arcy Wexford.

Sadly missed by her brothers Dick and Chris, sister-in-law Annette, nieces Áine and Niamh, the D’Arcy family and her many good friends and relatives at home and those in Los Angeles who cared for Margaret.

May Margaret Rest in Peace

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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,

The death has occurred of Margaret Beck Ladywell Street, Thomastown, Kilkenny

The death has occurred of Margaret Beck
Ladywell Street, Thomastown, Kilkenny