BrotherMarc!

It's impossible to fathom the fact we've been missing you now for 730 days.

 Though the pains that felt like a gut punch a kick in the shins a knee to the groin a karate chop to the nose those have sub-sided the hole in our heart is still there probably until it is completely obliterated by the joy the overwhelming complete joy we will feel eventually  when we're joining you in the beatific vision. 

Much more often now than in August 2023 we are able to remember the uncountable good times + the great love we have for you + the great love you have for us. 

We can smile thinking about you even as we miss you so intensely.

Till we meet again in heaven, your physical absence from Earth will be profoundly felt+missed intensely.

Peace, Grace, +Love,

BrotherPaul

For Marc:

"We're Goin' Home"

https://youtu.be/ZJ5-yP7nUfg

BrotherMarc!

Till we meet again in heaven, your physical absence from Earth has been+will continue to be profoundly felt + be profoundly missed intensely by those of us here back on Earth.

With our limited knowledge and understanding of God's perfect finished plan we wonder how your relocating to heaven to experience the Beatific Vision --well your absence here is still making us ask why +how it makes sense, but at the same time trusting it'll all make sense when WE are ALSO perfected in understanding.

The incredible  shock we felt a year ago August 5, 2023 and the pain + heartache is far from gone however when I'm out walking I'm less likely to look to the heavens these days and ask "WHY?" I know I wouldn't understand the answer right now anyway.

I will only understand the why once I'm up there having passed through the Pearly Gates and I'm up there with Jesus St Peter you and all the rest of the Saints seeing The Lord face to face in The Beatific Vision.

 Then it'll all make sense and Marc you'll be saying "see if you knew then what you know now you wouldn't have wasted all those tears!"

 Doesn't make it any easier though!

Until then whether it's a day or 30 more years think about you and miss you everyday brother M a r c!

We are still blessed by all we know of you and all of the memories we created here back on Earth and can only imagine we can only imagine the new glorious memories we will all create Once We join you whether it's a day from now or 30 or 40 years.

 Your example and the the smiles and laughter we get when we remember the times the uncountable great times we had over these many many years Keeps Us energized sustained and keeps us going!

Peace, Grace, +Love,

BrotherPaul

Benedict family.

I am so sorry for the loss of Marc. I didn’t know him but I came across his obituary while looking for a friend. What caught my attention was how many comments there was over 150… without even clicking on his obituary I thought to myself “wow this man must have been a good Influence on so many” so I clicked on his obituary and saw all the wonderful comments, experiences that friends and family left. He was for sure a huge force in many lives. I’m so sorry he was taken away soo soon, death is a terrible enemy to all of us. I read a comment that said he was a man of God and was always eager to deepen his love and knowledge for Gods word. So I wanted to share with you that very soon Jehovah God will rid us of death. Revelation 21:4 says that Jehovah God “will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.” We can look forward to a time where death will NOT take our loved ones away. A time where we don’t have to fear a “last time” with that person. During this difficult time I hope you and your family find comfort in knowing the promises God makes to mankind… one of them being an interest to all of us. John 5:28,29 talks about a resurrection a time where all those in the memorial tombs will come out. Many of our loved will be resurrected. We will have the opportunity to embrace them in our arms again. To welcome them to life free of death, pain and suffering. May these promises give you hope and strength during such a difficult time. 💕

"We're Goin' Home"

https://youtu.be/ZJ5-yP7nUfg

Mark you were a great Hornet. Playing for a team that, if you didn't know you would swear were made up of giants, even as we we were 'small' players like me and you, we sure as he'll didn't play small! WE WERE IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD...GIANTS! I know that you know exactly what I mean. Today hearing of your passing I feel small and for every Hornet that has taken that bus to the ultimate & mysterious league up there where I am sure Coach Sherbeck has that look on his face, you know the one...where he doesn't say anything but man all you want to do is hide. How the he'll did he do that to EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US? It was something I always wondered about. I know, I'm babbling...but what can a man say at a time like this? 

I'll miss you brother & brothers we are!

Grandpa & Oldest Grandson 💙 Ryker

Strongest Man Alive to his Grandsons